waterskidoo <water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2007-08-16, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Could audio watermarking could help make MP3s free?
>>
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>>| Silberstein says that the record industry is finally starting to accept that
>>| overhauling the business model is the way to move forward. How does he know?
>>| Because of the many record companies,
>> `----
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>> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=545954189&rid=-50
>
> It's been proved time and time again that copy protection schemes
> do not work and in truth really only harm the legitimate user.
It has not been proven at all. Copy protection schemes deter the casual
thief/pirate. What HAS been proven time and time again is that people
WILL pirate/steal SW if its not protected because they don't really see
it as stealing as the program is not a tangible item.
> I know of several users of professional video editing programs
> that actually use cracked versions even though they are legally
> licensed to use the programs.
> Why?
> Dongles going south at the worst time.
Few programs use dongles anymore.
> PACE copy protection scheme that confounds hdisk backups
> and defrag programs.
> And other PITA reasons like on-line challenge schemes that
> don't allow copy/paste and require 58989 characters to
> be typed in correctly. Well, sort of.
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