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Originally posted by Larry_OHF:
I predict that the RIAA will eventually lose tihs battle, and not be able to force this rule of copywrite infringement. There are just too many people to arrest to bring justice to their rules, and a new approach will have to be determined.
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No. Copyright is too entrenched. Movies would cease, books would not be written. It would be chaos. What WILL happen, if it's not abated, is that internet privacy will be a thing of the past. There will be daily checks on your computer for pirated software, games, films (thanks to DVD rippers) and songs, as well as for illegal pornography and in Germany, proNazi publications.
That is the way the laws will change. You can't attempt to erase progress. Copyright is fundamental to commercialised and saleable art. Landmark idea. Removing it would be like deinventing the wheel because people steal cars.
The internets days of self regulation are numbered. Just as human societies needed laws in the face of choas and exploitation, so will there be internet laws and internet police.
Mp3 thiefs will be largely to blame for the loss of privacy.
[ 02-05-2004, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]