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What is your solution? The system, if you want to call it that, is massive, bureaucratic, and has checks to stop the right thing from happening. If the publishe
by whughes 17y ago
What is your solution? The system, if you want to call it that, is massive, bureaucratic, and has checks to stop the right thing from happening. If the publisher's CEO decides he hates DRM, then what will the board say to him? There's no way to eliminate the middlemen without eliminating the content in the process, or having to create new content. Unless, of course, you want to bring the government in or something like that.
- andreyf 17y agoUnless, of course, you want to bring the government in or something like that. Unless you mean "into the conversation", I think you meant "remove the government". After all, it is government which enforces copyright - removing government protection of copyright for 90 years after an authors' death is probably the best way to stop companies from being so adamant about enforcing every last bit of it. It's a bit of a Catch 22 that since copyright is so valuable, it's worth a lot of money to lobby congress to extend it (increasing its value even more).