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No it doesn't, because typically you still have to have some legal copy in the first place before private copying rules apply. The levy is about making extra co

No it doesn't, because typically you still have to have some legal copy in the first place before private copying rules apply. The levy is about making extra copies. The biggest problem with this is that if you have a blanket private copying exception to copyright and you also remove the rules about TPMs and anti-circumvention provisions, which is what seems to be proposed in Portugal, then you eliminate any business model more nuanced than selling a permanent copy of a work to each individual customer. No more pay-per-view, no more streaming libraries, no more volume sales or group plans, and no more much lower prices for customers who preferred some of these models to paying full price for a permanent purchase of everything. Many people on both the production and consumption sides could lose out under such a scheme if it was compulsory, while if it could be overridden contractually then surely everyone's terms would just be updated to do exactly that, and then the new scheme probably wouldn't change much in practice.

hedora 10y ago
You are assuming that, without DRM, everyone would use netflix to download all the content, then cancel their subscriptions. I doubt this would actually happen. Netflix beat out piracy because it is convenient. People that want to pirate netflix content already do (by sharing accounts). When the music industry abandoned DRM it wasn't a big disaster. I don't see why video would be different.
- Silhouette 10y ago
  I doubt this would actually happen. As someone with experience running somewhat similar services, I can promise you it does happen. Most customers seem to be honest, but the lengths that a significant minority will go to in order to take advantage of any access or exploit the system are almost unbelievable, and the excuses or arguments they make if you call them on it often read like parody. When the music industry abandoned DRM it wasn't a big disaster. I don't see why video would be different. One possibility you might like to consider is that music singles can typically be sold at sub-dollar prices, making an impulse purchase is highly likely, without undermining the commercial viability of the sector. Depending on the nature of the work, the same economics won't necessarily apply to other types of material.

hedora 10y ago

You are assuming that, without DRM, everyone would use netflix to download all the content, then cancel their subscriptions. I doubt this would actually happen. Netflix beat out piracy because it is convenient. People that want to pirate netflix content already do (by sharing accounts). When the music industry abandoned DRM it wasn't a big disaster. I don't see why video would be different.

Silhouette 10y ago
I doubt this would actually happen. As someone with experience running somewhat similar services, I can promise you it does happen. Most customers seem to be honest, but the lengths that a significant minority will go to in order to take advantage of any access or exploit the system are almost unbelievable, and the excuses or arguments they make if you call them on it often read like parody. When the music industry abandoned DRM it wasn't a big disaster. I don't see why video would be different. One possibility you might like to consider is that music singles can typically be sold at sub-dollar prices, making an impulse purchase is highly likely, without undermining the commercial viability of the sector. Depending on the nature of the work, the same economics won't necessarily apply to other types of material.