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> Even now it's a cinch, in 20 years it'll be so easy that if any text or video has any public exposure it'll be copied by consumers as a matter of course—copyr
by dbsmith83 4y ago
> Even now it's a cinch, in 20 years it'll be so easy that if any text or video has any public exposure it'll be copied by consumers as a matter of course—copyright holders bedamed. (Think Google Glass—like tech that captures everything a human sees in high definition. If a human sees it then it will be copied automatically. Right, copyright is on the wall without major reform.)
That is, until your phone apps start scanning works automatically to detect copyrighted material before allowing you to store it on their cloud-storage
- hilbert42 4y agoCome on, cloud storage? Why bother with cloud storage when one will have pentabytes in a thumbnail-sized chip? I would never use cloud storage in a pink fit. Trust Microsoft, Google, et al with my data. Not likely. And why use a phone and locked-in apps? I suggest you read how I use my phone now, in 20 years I'll have even more control over my data: https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=35243759 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=35243759 Also check my comment underneath in reply to a commentator. You're obviously of the smartphone generation, I'm pre that so I think outside that box. In 20 years things will be very different and that doesn't necessarily mean that Big Tech will still rule the roost.