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can RIAA be hit back? - to me it looks like the RIAA actions to take down software intimidate the authors of the software and obstructs the authors from exerci

by trhway 6y ago

can RIAA be hit back? - to me it looks like the RIAA actions to take down software intimidate the authors of the software and obstructs the authors from exercising and enjoying of the copyright of their software.

dredmorbius 6y ago
Microsoft are in a strategically very interesting position, one which could render the RIAA's actions suicidal. Microsoft could pursue alternative copyright or music regimes which undermine the RIAA's stranglehold. Notably, the Microsoft Store online marketplace dropped books and music in 2017 (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367), meaning the RIAA has minimal leverage here. At the same time, an unencumbered alternative could provide an opening against two of Microsoft's biggest rivals, Apple (music), and Amazon (books). Possibly Google (both, plus, obv., video) and Netflix (video) as well. A large-corporate-backed Creative Commons media service would be a game-changer. https://tildes.net/~tech/suf/youtube_dls_github_repository_has_become_inaccessible_due_to_a_dmca_takedown_from_riaa#comment-5rp0 https://tildes.net/~tech/suf/youtube_dls_github_repository_h... Microsoft claim to have staked their future on Free Software. https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3584911/how-microsoft-went-from-linux-is-a-cancer-to-microsoft-loves-linux.html https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3584911/how-microsoft-... How believable this is can be argued, of course. The company paid $7.4 billion for GitHub in 2018, a $5.4 billion premium over the service's 2015 valuation. https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/17954714/microsoft-github-deal-acquisition-complete https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/17954714/microsoft-githu... https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250-million-in-new-funding-now-valued-at-2-billion/ https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250-million-in-... https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105087121976979704 https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105087121976979704

by trhway 6y ago

dredmorbius 6y ago

Microsoft are in a strategically very interesting position, one which could render the RIAA's actions suicidal. Microsoft could pursue alternative copyright or music regimes which undermine the RIAA's stranglehold. Notably, the Microsoft Store online marketplace dropped books and music in 2017 (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47810367), meaning the RIAA has minimal leverage here. At the same time, an unencumbered alternative could provide an opening against two of Microsoft's biggest rivals, Apple (music), and Amazon (books). Possibly Google (both, plus, obv., video) and Netflix (video) as well. A large-corporate-backed Creative Commons media service would be a game-changer. https://tildes.net/~tech/suf/youtube_dls_github_repository_has_become_inaccessible_due_to_a_dmca_takedown_from_riaa#comment-5rp0 https://tildes.net/~tech/suf/youtube_dls_github_repository_h... Microsoft claim to have staked their future on Free Software. https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3584911/how-microsoft-went-from-linux-is-a-cancer-to-microsoft-loves-linux.html https://www.idginsiderpro.com/article/3584911/how-microsoft-... How believable this is can be argued, of course. The company paid $7.4 billion for GitHub in 2018, a $5.4 billion premium over the service's 2015 valuation. https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/17954714/microsoft-github-deal-acquisition-complete https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/17954714/microsoft-githu... https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250-million-in-new-funding-now-valued-at-2-billion/ https://fortune.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250-million-in-... https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105087121976979704 https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/105087121976979704