At 11:20 AM -0500 on 10/9/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Whoever owns the music, owns the music, end of story. Wrong. Who ever owns a *copy* of the music, owns a *copy* of the music. The fact that the law isn't keeping up with the technology isn't the fault of the technology. It would be quite simple to create a recursive-auction market for *copies* of a given bit of content/software that would pay *substantial* amounts of money for the *first* copy, and marginally over the cost of bandwidth for the "last" copy. Look, Ma, the people who make the best new stuff make the most money, and, guess what, no lawyers... Hettinga's definition of Intellectual Property: "If it's encrypted, and I have the key, it's my property." Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
