So, also then, the cost of the goods was overpriced, isn't it? El 16/08/2013 07:37, "David Singer" <[email protected]> escribió:
> Alas, even with physical media, the cost of production was a small part of > the cost of goods. You could do short-run LP production for $1 each, for > example, and even adding a printed sleeve came nowhere near the typical > sale prices. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Duncan Bayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> No, it is more like the people objecting to enclosed shops, where > >> pilfering is much harder then when the same goods are sold from open > >> stalls in a market. > > > > That would have been a good analogy twenty years ago. When physical > > media were still used, one could actually steal content. I'd take your > > copy - or, more precisely, the disc upon which it resided - and you'd be > > less one copy yourself. That's theft. > > > > Nowadays, technological improvements mean that I can make a copy of your > > media, with perfect fidelity. You haven't lost anything - you still > > have the original - and I've gained, say, some music. This simply isn't > > theft by any reasonable use of the term. > > > > It can be other things. Copyright violation, for example. Manifestly > > unfair, if it leads to artists not being paid for their time. But > > theft? Not really. > > > > -- > > Duncan Bayne > > ph: +61 420817082 | web: http://duncan-bayne.github.com/ | skype: > > duncan_bayne > > > > I usually check my mail every 24 - 48 hours. If there's something > > urgent going on, please send me an SMS or call me at the above number. > >
