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From: Frank [mailto:frank@therichards.org]
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 15:58, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
>> I don't think it is good business if it is done
>> knowingly. It isn't honest and it isn't fair.
>> My ethics may sound like the Mickey Mouse Club,
>> and Bob Keeshan redux but it is the best I know.
>No need to apologize. I'm sincerely trying to figure out what you're
>trying to say.
Initially, that everyone will need to pull together to
fight spam and viruses. You then asked about patents.
>> It is stupid. We can play hard and still
>> make a profit. I mean, dammit, how much
>> stuff does one need?
>It seems fairly clear to me that Daryl McBride does not share this
>outlook. Nonetheless, I recall only your criticism of his opponents and
>none of him. That is an example of why I desire explanation.
Aha. Ok, Daryl says he is fighting for his company's IP.
Others seem to think their own agreements have overturned
his rights to that. Lawyers and judges will decide. Meanwhile,
some think they have a right to mount DNS attacks on the
SCO servers, or really, don't care what rights they have
as long as they are heard. Baldur at the table of Valhalla.
I don't know if SCO is right. I know the guys mounting
those DNS attacks are wrong. That's easy.
>> But I ask you this: what is the limited period,
>> will we accept technical means (eg, DRM) to protect
>> it, and will WE as a culture and as individuals
>> work just as hard to protect the creator's rights?
>Uh Len, which DRM scheme? Like software patents, the principle might be
>fine, but a given implementation could be worse than none at all.
DRM software is not about assigning digital rights; it is about managing
claims and agreements digitally. Everyone can play. You are likely
talking about the inequitable IP laws. Absolutely agree. That is
why I want to see some CEOs with clout step up to helping to reform
these because whether they know it or not, the patent wars are eroding
the economic system like a silent cancer.
I agree the RIAA isn't one's best advocate, but until they opened
fire, the musicians had NO advocates and a lot of people were
happily stealing a lot of music and a lot of software engineers
were happily helping them. Not too many were doing much to
help the artists. The DRM guys are stepping up to that challenge.
I make no money off of my music on the web but that is a
competitive issue. It doesn't mean others don't have the right
to because Fanning and others got their undergrads in comp-sci,
looked around for a way to make a splash and discovered that
everyone was greedy for music and movies. Put them in jail.
Let them eat prison food and do records management. We'll
work with them on that.
Meanwhile, the spammers and the virus writers need a different
kind of treatment.
len
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