Re: Vista and XSI?

[Nicolas Langlois <nicolasl(at)buzzimage.com>]

I know I'll probably get flamed too for this but here it goes:

That's precisely it. They're is no clear distinction what you're buying 
when you're buying a CD or DVD. Ask the record or film companies what 
you're buying when your buying a CD or DVD and they'll tell you you're 
buying the medium (CD or DVD) along with the right to watch or listen to 
it privately when ever you want. Which means you paid for the Copyright 
and that you also paid the artist/staff that worked on that medium.

Now what happens when your CD or DVD doesn't play anymore (like that old 
Joshua Tree album of mine - thank god I ripped it in mp3) because it's 
been listened too too many times. I'm willing to pay again 1$-2$ for the 
medium (which should be enough to pay for medium, printing, case, 
pamphlet, and even for transport -  I don't see why I should pay for 
extra marketing since that already worked with me) to have a new one 
since I've already bought the Copyrights to that album. Now why won't 
they give me a new Joshua Tree album. And now I hear you: Whould you get 
a new car for a rebate when your old one doesn't work anymore? The fact 
is it's not the same thing. I never bought a Copyright on a car. And 
since they're telling me I bought the rights to listen to the album, I 
just want my rights back! That's all. So why should I pay the full price 
again since I've already paid for the rights? I know the price of the 
media but isn't the rights worth anything?

my 2 cents

niko





Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
> > The issue is fair use. We want to use music / video we 
> > purchase in ways that WE decide. We want to use it on devices WE 
> > want to use it on. We want to be able to make a legal backup 
> > copy. We want to be able to play our video / music 5 or 10 years 
> > from now.
> >
> > DRM is not the answer. It prevents to much fair use. Anyway, 
> > the record companies just want *control* they want to decide 
> > who is the next hot band. They don't want the people to 
> > decide these things...
> >     
>
> The issue is not fair use at all, it's about the human nature
> of not wanting to pay for anything.  It's the difficulty 
> of putting value on something that isn't physical. The 
> vast majority of people do not care about buy legit 
> software/music if they can get it otherwise easily.
>
> If you pay 10$ to see a movie in the theater, you do not have 
> infinit rights to see the movie again or keep a so-call 'backup' 
> copy of the movie.  After your 10$ if up, it's finished, people get 
> that. If you want to build a record collections over years, you can 
> buy them on physical media.  Even so, physical media degrades
> and formats change.  Nothing is infinitely long-lasting.  Apparently
> CD-R could last as little as 5 years!
>
> I see a lot of people complain about perhaps having to buy 
> a 12$ iTune album again in 10 years. These people will also buy 
> an 8$ coffee at starbuck that will give them pleasure for 10
> minutes.  I think that 12$ album paid itself long ago. 
>
> The perceived value difference between hardware and 
> software is out-of-whack, for everyone myself included.
>
>
>
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