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Puts the company in a weird position where they want to charge for access to their material, but laws are requiring them to release it publicly. Assuming good i
by gentleman11 6y ago
Puts the company in a weird position where they want to charge for access to their material, but laws are requiring them to release it publicly. Assuming good intent, it would make their business model challenging
- heavyset_go 6y agoI don't really see how this is any different than books. Anyone can pick a book up and read it for free at the library, and intellectual property laws guide most entities to either lawfully borrow, rent or purchase a copy, and not bootleg it.
- gentleman11 6y agoIt’s like the musician challenge where piracy and streaming made it harder to charge for the music itself, so bands began relying on live performance out of necessity
- heavyset_go 6y agoShaking down some kid for violating copyright or trademark law doesn't scale and is bad PR. Lawyers would have a field day if municipalities started bootlegging their clients' intellectual property en masse.