[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcforum] Fw: iPad DRM is a dangerous step backward. Sign the petition!

[Michel Bauwens]

I agree, 'illegal'  filesharing is a temporary phenomena arising because the
law was no longer adapted, but eventually it will adjust, as will business,
though of course, existing monopolies will try to defend their turf until
they no longer can, and in the meantime, will continue to attempt to accuse
babies and put grandmothers in prison,

Michel



On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Kevin Carson <
> free.market.anticapitalist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I think there is a natural difference in quality which would drive user
>> > choice.
>> >
>> > "Illegal" filesharing networks have notorious quality problems (spam,
>> fakes,
>> > phishing, low quality of recordings, damanaged files, traps by recording
>> > industry) which create a higher treshold of effort and enjoyment. So,
>> I'm
>> > assuming that if you have a choice between a free but difficult to get
>> > version, and a very low cost version but that gives you high quality
>> > enhanced quality, would drive a business model.
>>
>> Exactly.  I totally agree with this.  And I don't think any legal
>> regime is necessary to replace IP for it to hold true.  There are
>> genuine free market rents resulting from the kinds of convenience and
>> reliability that you describe--they're just smaller than the rents
>> that come from ownership of proprietary content.
>>
>>
> This is an observation:  A few such as the one espoused above, is far
> closer to what most people would recognize as classically libertarian than
> anarchist.  In such a system, given the right to enforce contracts, I am
> much closer to happy than in a system that simply flaunts laws.
>
> Ryan
>
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