Skunk;176144 Wrote: > You forgot 'fight for change'! For example, http://www.eff.org/ or a > similar organization in the UK. > > I always thought it would be nice if Slimdevices donated money to them, > because draconian measures aren't limited to software (see 'plugging the > analog hole' at eff). Not to mention Squeezebox, it appears, is already > bending the rules in some countries. IANAL so grab the salt. > > One day we're likely to wake up and find squeezeboxes are outlawed.
You're right - the EFF and similar are doing a great job and we should all do more to support them. I'm not so concerned about our equipment being outlawed - it would be hard for Big Media/whoever to put the genie back in the bottle so to speak. Thinking about it, my concern is more that the older "open" mediums such as CD will be replaced over time and people like us will be in the minority. I'm going to sound very old when I say this (I'm just 35 for god's sake!) but I get the impression that the time-short/ADHD "next generation" aren't as concerned about fair use and their rights to "own" media. They are used to paying for ringtones, iTunes etc. The ability to get at the media instantly and at -relatively- low costs are more attractive than the concept of buying a physical CD. Also, what with downloads, single track sales are up and album sales are down. Big Media would love us all to be "licensing" or "paying to use" media, video etc. All of this however is dependant on them having control over the client device, be it a CD player, PC, console whatever. And the kids today don't mind this if they get their instant gratification. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and you've destroyed your own monopoly on fish supply". There are some parallels in there somewhere. Big Media want continued revenues, not a one-off sale. Over time, releases will migrate to these new controlled platforms. -- nano2nd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nano2nd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=873 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32261 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
