Re: The challenge of serving *EVERYONE* (was RE: Mozilla blog: DRM and the Challenge of Serving Users)

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 04:04:24PM -0700, John Foliot wrote:
> Bob Ham wrote:

> > > However, I also support reasoned and reasonable "restrictions" to
> > > unfettered actions, in part because I saw how it worked in the real
> > > world, and the benefits outweighed the costs.
> >
> > OK, you believe DRM is good.  But do you believe it's good to give
> > money to people who produce unencumbered content, rather than give it
> > to people who produce DRM-encumbered content, all else being equal?
> 
> Hang on, I didn't say DRM is good: I did suggest that it seems reasonable to 
> me as a business requirement.

OK, you believe DRM is reasonable.  But do you believe it's good to
give money to people who produce unencumbered content, rather than
give it to people who produce DRM-encumbered content, all else being
equal?

> > > I would much
> > > rather see a Canadian video production company stay in business, then
> > > to have to shut their door because the rampant theft and distribution
> > > of their output so devalues their creative works that they cannot
> > stay in business.
> >
> > Copyright infringement is a different concept to theft.  (Unless you're
> > talking about theft of DVDs discs or something?)
> 
> Look, you can weasel word your way around the legal definitions of theft 
> versus copyright "infringment", but the unauthorized copying of digital 
> content to circumvent lawful pay-for-use is wrong, and is morally the same as 
> stealing - at least in my books.

I disagree.

-- 
Bob Ham <rah@settrans.net>

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