As Spring is upon us in ’05 some things have become clear to me.
1)BT is not dead, it lives.
2)Lawsuits have had minimal effect on P2P Culture, many studies saying less people download are likely in most cases incorrect as people are more willing to lie knowing the stigma behind being in the culture.
3)The desperation of the content industry has become insane with laws being proposed that threaten to secure control of hardware and distribution at the cost of infingement of other peoples intellectual property.
Up and coming is the p2p case Grokster vs. MGM, a case that could have wide reaching implications on international copyright standards. Not to mention give the entertainment industry insane influence on the development of new media technologies.
This has also brought some good questions, why a consumer base would still buy product from an industry that sues its own customers to maintian an ageing profit structure that is now outdated.
After all is there not a sufficent amount of stupidity yet to lead to a boycott of said products?
Will the majority of consumers ever smarten up and realise that as it stands now there is this concept being pictched by a few industries that you dont own the product even after you pay for it, that organizations like the RIAA beleive it is their right to dictate how you use your purchase, much like the X-Box and Microsoft where Bill and Co think its illegal to modify their intellectual property even after you pony up the cash.
Its becoming an overglorified rental system.
I for one think it’s a farce, if I pay my money for a C.D or a game system I will do what the hell I want with them. I follow the concept that if I work and save to buy what they market to me then I decide what I want to do with it. If I want to wire my Ps2 to run burned games thats my perogative, as well as ripping CD’s.
