Fotix Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Record industry attempts to stop the swapping of pop music on online networks such as Kazaa will never work. So says a research paper prepared by computer scientists working for software giant Microsoft. The four researchers believe that the steady spread of file-swapping systems and improvements in their organisation will eventually make them impossible to shut down. They also conclude that the gradual spread of CD and DVD burners will help thwart any attempts to control what the public can do with the music they buy. Much more at the SOURCE: BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotix Posted November 23, 2002 Author Share Posted November 23, 2002 I hate replying to my own article so here's the Register's take on the report: The Register Could some benevolent mod get this to the front page, mayhaps? :happy: Thanks. I don't care about cred just the news. Fotix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGMW Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Microsoft is pretty much hit it on the head. Unless someone develops some kind of arcane anti-theft technology, then there is not much of a point in spending billions on it (industry wide), seeing as how that would probably cost more to develop than they would make selling the amount of product they are trying to stop from being copied. Microsoft makes most of their money off corporations anyway. Home users are really just whipped cream on pumpkin pie. It isn't necessary, but it sure does taste better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Along with MP3s, I don't think they will ever win the fight over software piracy with all the technology. I think instead of wasting money on prevention they should try and develop software that has a great advantage of actually being bought and used out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted November 24, 2002 Veteran Share Posted November 24, 2002 I hate replying to my own article so here's the Register's take on the report:The Register Could some benevolent mod get this to the front page, mayhaps? :happy: Thanks. I don't care about cred just the news. Fotix there IS an edit button fyi... :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radixvir Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 this is a really good article. it made me think about how i was about to buy a sony netmd but then i heard about all the crap that you had to go through to put songs on there and decided not to buy it. i think that alot of people who actually know about the technology are going to stay away from DRM systems and those dont know are going to find out about it the hard way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHe_cL3anER Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 just like theres no way that anti spam methods can prevail seems the 'baddies' always win on the internet ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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