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No, I'd say it's like a very fast and free bicycle copy machine. No one loses their bike, but it might upset bicycle-makers.

by markkat 16y ago

w1ntermute 16y ago
On a related note, there was an interesting article in the Economist on the implications of the anticipated widespread use of 3D printing in the near future.[0] It will be very interesting to see how the manufacturing industry responds to this change and the similarities/differences compared to digital products. 0: http://www.economist.com/node/18114327?story_id=18114327 http://www.economist.com/node/18114327?story_id=18114327
DanielStraight 16y ago
When you put it in these terms, it seems almost impossible to justify copying music. You expect a company to put in the time and money necessary to develop a good bicycle so they can sell one and then have it copied forever? How can a system like this possibly survive? People in the developed world have lost almost all sense of the true cost of what they consume. We buy gasoline without paying or knowing the cost of undoing the environmental damage. We buy plastic cups and bowls and plates and forks and knives and spoons and bottles and packages without even thinking about the cost to recycle them or hold them in landfills until they decompose (if they even do). We buy clothes without considering the wage of the person that made them. We buy meat without concern for the suffering of the animals or the environmental degradation from the production of livestock. Or the impact to the soil from monoculture farming. Or the impact to our health from the monoculture farming. We buy technological gadgets without even knowing what chemicals they contain, where they come from, and what their global supply looks like. Then we think nothing of throwing those gadgets in the garbage five years later. We rely on minimum wage workers every day to stock our stores and clean our offices (and many other things) without caring about the struggles of low-income families. And yes, we copy music without considering the financing required to produce art. No, no one loses their bike with a bike copying machine. But quite a few people lose their jobs. And everyone loses the benefit of their innovation.

No, I'd say it's like a very fast and free bicycle copy machine. No one loses their bike, but it might upset bicycle-makers.

by markkat 16y ago

No, I'd say it's like a very fast and free bicycle copy machine. No one loses their bike, but it might upset bicycle-makers.

w1ntermute 16y ago

On a related note, there was an interesting article in the Economist on the implications of the anticipated widespread use of 3D printing in the near future.[0] It will be very interesting to see how the manufacturing industry responds to this change and the similarities/differences compared to digital products. 0: http://www.economist.com/node/18114327?story_id=18114327 http://www.economist.com/node/18114327?story_id=18114327

DanielStraight 16y ago

When you put it in these terms, it seems almost impossible to justify copying music. You expect a company to put in the time and money necessary to develop a good bicycle so they can sell one and then have it copied forever? How can a system like this possibly survive? People in the developed world have lost almost all sense of the true cost of what they consume. We buy gasoline without paying or knowing the cost of undoing the environmental damage. We buy plastic cups and bowls and plates and forks and knives and spoons and bottles and packages without even thinking about the cost to recycle them or hold them in landfills until they decompose (if they even do). We buy clothes without considering the wage of the person that made them. We buy meat without concern for the suffering of the animals or the environmental degradation from the production of livestock. Or the impact to the soil from monoculture farming. Or the impact to our health from the monoculture farming. We buy technological gadgets without even knowing what chemicals they contain, where they come from, and what their global supply looks like. Then we think nothing of throwing those gadgets in the garbage five years later. We rely on minimum wage workers every day to stock our stores and clean our offices (and many other things) without caring about the struggles of low-income families. And yes, we copy music without considering the financing required to produce art. No, no one loses their bike with a bike copying machine. But quite a few people lose their jobs. And everyone loses the benefit of their innovation.