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---iTunes can charge for the following. They are legal (cannot
be sued), they have a platform (main reason & integration),
quality control over songs (consistantly good) no viruses (safe)
and culture (snob bragging rights).---

Exactly my point. You compete with free infringement by
offering something better. Oh, and you left out convenience.

---You do not have to strip search. Just be patient and let the
system destroy backward compatility and law enforcement to
get the major infringers---

Things have to catch on for that to happen. Look at the whole
DivX thing. You never got a chance to get to the point where
back compatibility would have faded away, because no one
bought it. If a company switches over to all-DRM now, they lose
nearly all of their customers because they won't have new
equipment. If they sell in both formats, no one will buy the
DRMed version (unless of course, you offer that carrot,
something like a massively lower price). So it won't catch on.
It's a tough road to try to go down.

---Think of how much more money Doctorow would make if he
locked the content and slowed the losses. Those bands are
awful. That is why they are self promoting. The studios will not
touch them. They will not go anywhere. They also have the right
to avoid a studio. However if the studios noticed them, they
would sign in a heartbeat. Haggle smartly.---

You think Doctorow would have been better off selling the 1,000
copies normally sold by a 1st time author, rather than the
10,000 copies he's sold as a result of his strategy? As far as the
bands on myspace, clearly you haven't looked there. You'll find
major label acts like Beck, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black
Eyed Peas and many others. It's the first step for these bands in
controlling their own careers. Yes, there are some unknowns
(some of whom have parleyed myspace into contracts with the
majors), so your comments here are unfounded at best.

---To break the code imbedded in a file, the file will be mangled
in the attempt. You will not even know what to go after. It will be
encrypted and scattered---

Again, I'll believe it when I see it.

---Most people will not care about DRM in their equipment. It
will slowly be introduced to min. disruption.---

See my comments above on why this is so difficult. Back
compatibility is going to kill it. Not to mention anything that
comes out of a speaker can be re-recorded as an unprotected
file.

---Not really. It will prevent you from playing from computer to
computer. It will be able to play on different reader devices---

I won't buy any music that I can't play on my laptop and my
desktop. No, I'm not going to pay twice for this privelege.

---The people that DRMed it will be responsible for un-DRMing
it. If you profit by it, you can take care of it. All you have to do is
release a unprotected file on the website. The locusts will take
care of the rest.---

What if they're out of business? Who will pay then? Do you
really expect them to pay for all that bandwidth? Again, there
are hundreds of thousands of books out there, and no one
knows who owns the copyright, or how to find the copyright
holder.

---The time of copyright should end with the original author's
life. His heirs should work for a living.---

I'd rather see it shorter, to help encourage them to continue
creating, but I could live with this. It's better than the current
system which encourages them to keep creating long after
they're dead.

---The losses are not trivial. They will be moderate and you will
feel it. Also copyright has to be vigoursly defended. That is
another reason they pursue infringers. You might have to DRM
it. That might be viewed as a necessary step to defend your
copyright.---

Again, show me a company that has been forced out of business
due to losses from filesharing. If you have no example, then
clealry the losses aren't overwhelming.

And I think you're confusing trademarks and copyrights. You
have to defend a trademark, not a copyright.

---Oh yes, the book is not on the internet. No wonder you do
not sweat like the studios. I know you wouldn't like me to scan it
to pdf and pass it around for free---

Actually, several chapters are available for downloading for free.
It's really helped spur sales. As far as pdf's that's not really a big
worry with a textbook. Most schools understand the law and
can't use pdf's for teaching anyway. Part of having a smart
business plan is adapting to technology and creating a product
that is not easily duplicated. This was the RIAA's big mistake in
killing off vinyl and going all digital.

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