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To: NicoV who wrote (218499)	12/1/2006 4:25:10 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dear NicoV: I would pay for good content, but I refuse to pay more than once for something. I do not like subscription services and won't pay for them as they do not supply what I would pay for. I get programming off tha air. I have a ATSC and NTSC tuner and I do strip out TV commercials from recorded programs. Now copyrights are different here than they are in Europe where it appears you are. Here the copyright was originally for 17 years and when that expired, works are considered to be public domain. Copyright was given to assist in producing new knowledge. After a short period, the knowledge is to be shared freely. That is the basis. The problem comes that every time a new medium arises, a bunch of copyright lawyers meet in some smoky back room and trade protections for new mediums for longer terms on older mediums. This pushed the current terms to 75 to 120 years. These long terms should be reduced to the same as used by patents, 20 years from the date of publishing (or the equivalent). If you can't make your money on the work in 20 years, there is something seriously wrong with your business model. Some think that with the internet, copyright itself should be abandoned as new knowledge is made freely and everyone can copy it. Other means should be made for compensation for the creators. Pete

To: NicoV who wrote (218499)	12/1/2006 4:25:30 PM
From: gzubeck	Respond to of 275872

It always comes down to details...I have no problem purchasing a music cd from BMG for $10 delivered to my front door...the problem is that too much DRM destroys the consumer experience and the negatives outway the positives...maybe they could come out with a hybrid system where once the company has recovered the initial costs through ipod online sales they could issue the cd/sacd/dvd-audio versions without losing sleep at night. The restrictions are actually causing problems to high quality music and movie market consumption.