slashdot has a story, originally from BestActEver, originally from a New York Times report from 1897, about Canadian sheet music pirates. The current concern that Americans have about IP is ironic since for much of the 19th it was place that observed no foreign, no non-American, copyright. The slashdot commentators outdo themselves in making comments as if this was contemporary news report.
mangu points out the damage that Canadian pirates have already done to the music industry.
mangu points out the damage that Canadian pirates have already done to the music industry.
- The more things change, the more they stay the same. Did these "evil pirates" kill the music industry, as was proclaimed they would?
They sure did! In the 1890s there was a great market for piano rolls [wikipedia.org]. Where can you buy piano rolls today? Conclusion: pirates killed the music industry.
sakdoctor complains about the marketing tactics of printer makers.
Finally HungryHobo gets to problem that improved communication technologies pose to existing media companies.
I hate the way they sell those Gutenberg presses as a loss leader, then gouge you on printing plates and ink refills.
Finally HungryHobo gets to problem that improved communication technologies pose to existing media companies.
I think these PaperSharing M2M(Mailbox2Mailbox) systems which allow just anyone to swap files, folders and even whole books should be banned immediately before they destroy all that is good and pure with our country!
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