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In the long run, every industry is going to be "napstered." We’re going to have to rethink our economic structure to find incentives that work. If you think th
by GavinB 17y ago
In the long run, every industry is going to be "napstered." We’re going to have to rethink our economic structure to find incentives that work.
If you think the RIAA an MPAA were a problem, wait until it’s Walmart and Costco.
On the other hand, I don’t think that tyranny (prosecute everyone) or anarchy (copy anything for free, designers get $0 for their effort) is going to be the optimal solution.
- roc 17y agoWe'll have to rethink things long before that. Once we achieve workable computer vision, automation is going to rapidly replace all non-creative human labor. And that's a lot closer than the technology required to make even an at-home lab* capable of turning out a copy of, say, an mp3 player. (* Allowing for separate machines that print circuits, build cases, etc) Less complex/capable 'replicators' that turn out spare parts won't be that disruptive. The first world doesn't fix modern goods much as-is. When we do, we're tend to pay disproportionately more for the knowledge than the parts.
- thwarted 17y agoWalmart and Costco are equivalent of Blockbuster and Coconuts Music. I wouldn't be surprised if the likes of Walmart was one of the first places to have replicator technology, it would reduce their distribution costs to nothing. It'll be the creators who'll attempt to use some weird conglomeration of copyright and patents to keep people from napstering their creations. Physical Goods creators need to eat too!
- lupin_sansei 17y agoNaspter got closed down almost straight away, and as soon as people could buy music easily online (iTunes) the market for online music grew massively. Seems to me that online copying only happens when it's easier than buying content legitimately.