Re: Copyrights -- Comm 435 at GMU

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Date Posted: 11:24:07 03/30/04 Tue
Author: Scott Bradford
Subject: Re: Copyrights
In reply to: James Wigington 's message, "Re: Copyrights" on 18:07:01 03/29/04 Mon

I think they already tried that ... just like the industry tried to prevent the sale of VCRs and audio tape decks back when they were a new idea.

The record companies (and others) might be hard headed and stubborn and powerful, but they haven't been able to stop technological advancement yet ... if they really want to stay successful, they would embrace new technologies and use them to make money.

Apple's done quite well with the online iTunes Music Store ... why didn't the record companies think of that 5 years ago? The lawsuits haven't saved them, but iTunes and other services like it probably will.

>Hey Scott and John, not trying to be funny, but to
>answer the "who's" fault is it question", it depends
>on who has the most money and the best legal team. If
>a woman can sue Mcdonalds for Hot Coffee, and if
>somone can sue The WWF becuase a 7 seven year old
>kills a five year old practicing moves, then a record
>company or artist can sue Campaq or Tascam for making
>CD burners that people then used to make illegal
>copies. I can see a movement to ban CD-rs (allow
>CD-RW's only), or force stereo manfacturer to make CD
>players that will only play Redbook format industry
>standard Compact Disc.

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