http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/report-piracy-a-global-pricing-problem-with-only-one-solution.ars
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/report-piracy-a-global-pricing-problem-with-only-one-solution.ars>Just a interesting related article On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Boh Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > some very good points were raised, I've added some comments below... > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Ghodmode <ghodm...@ghodmode.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel > > <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Criminals can’t compete with free. The study finds no systematic links > >> > between media piracy and >organized crime or terrorism in any of the > >> > countries examined. Today, commercial pirates and >transnational > smugglers > >> > face the same dilemma as the legal industry: how to compete with free. > >> > >> This worry me. Free and OSS have two front to compete with. Legal and > >> pirates will find ways that can be used against. > > > > OSS has some very strong benefits over legally licensed software. The > way I > > see it, our only difficulty in this "competition" is how to make people > > aware of the benefits effectively, and without the aid of a marketing > > department. > > > > I'm more worried about illegally copied software. Even with the clearly > > documented benefits of OSS, it's hard to convince people to change the > > software they've been using for years when the price is free and there's > no > > penalty for the illegal copy. Luckily, the big software companies are > > fighting this battle for us. As they continue to make security mistakes > and > > push harder on copyright law enforcement, it becomes more likely that > people > > will consider alternatives. > > > > Its an ironical situation isn't it? The more the big proprietry SW > guys fight the 'piracy' battle, the more FOSS would benefit. Maybe the > penalties are not harsh enough, and there is no stigma associated with > 'pirating' SW. Its not seen as 'harming anybody'. Perhaps its the ease > of getting away with using pirated SW that prevents FOSS from gaining > ground. So I thing that is nothing to fear here. > > > > Sabar je lah! :) We don't even really need to think of this as a > > competition because our community isn't a corporation that needs to make > a > > profit each quarter. Just continue to be awesome, like we already are, > and > > make the software available to people when they're ready... it'll just > > happen. > > > > > > >> Legal will used patent as ways to gain more profit from any software > >> including OSS. > > > > I didn't quite understand this line. If you meant that proprietary > software > > companies will use patents and copyright laws to get more profit than > they > > deserve from their own software and OSS software, I think you're right. > > This worries me, too. We can defend ourselves by being wary of the FUD > and > > supporting organizations that work to defend our rights like EFF. > > > What to fear is SW Patents and equiv. laws used to intimidate and > victimise FOSS SW developers. If the Prop. SW guys manage to do that > and scare away FOSS developers, that will be a major blow. If > anything, we must fight these SW Patents as strongly as possible. > > I'm not against SW Patents per se, ie: if someone invents an algorithm > that does encryption faster, smaller and more secure, then by all > means it shoud be patented. But not for a process, or a UI, and then > prevent competitors from doing the same thing... that's ridiculous. > > But, if that knowledge is shared, ie: like published as an academic > paper, then others can learn from it and perhaps tweak it to make it > better. What you don't want then is someone to take an 'open' idea, > add their own inputs on it, then 'close' (& patent) it! But that's > what GPL is there to prevent. > > > >> > >> Pirate will use harmful ways to give bad name to any software. Example > >> day 0 exploit. > > > > Are you talking about a "Zero-day attack" ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack )? What does that have to > do > > with piracy, OSS, or even proprietary software? Theoretically, this kind > of > > exploit will affect any type of software project, free or otherwise, > > equally. However, OSS generally has a shorter turn-around for bug fixes > and > > a community with greater awareness than that of proprietary software, so > > this kind of exploit actually works in our favor. It's one of our > > advantages over proprietary software. > > > I don't think that (commercial) pirates can actually harm FOSS. In > fact I think it would be great if they can copy and distributes > 1,000's copies of FOSS CD's, it will help spread FOSS. Maybe we should > persuade them to do so ;-) > > > > > -- Ghodmode > > http://www.ghodmode.com/blog > > > > > >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Haris bin Ali <ha...@qedx.com> wrote: > >> > I figured this might be of interest: > >> > > >> > Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, > large-scale > >> > study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a > >> > focus > >> > on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > > > > > > -- > #------- > regds, > > Boh Heong, Yap > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011
