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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:17:23 +0100 From: Birger Toedtmann <birger@takatukaland.de> To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com In-Reply-To: <1042050586.20222.12105.camel@banks> --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Turner schrieb am Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 01:29:39PM -0500: > On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 05:50, Pete Chown wrote: >=20 > > With DVDs we have a complex situation. Supposedly studios can make mor= e=20 > > per film, so they can afford to make more marginal films.=20 >=20 > To make films which will not make money is not an economically rational > action even if one is making other films which do make money. This is > the point the 17 economists made in their Eldred amicus. =20 It depends. In not-so-simple-scenarios, one may use it on behalf of PR (attracting people to one's product portfolio) or bind a promising new director who will later create a big profit-making film. Studios and publishers use the latter quite frequently I guess. If a product is definitely beyond any profit, it won't get produced by market forces, thus resulting in a pure common good. Society may then agree upon whether it wants that good to be produced anyway, paying it with taxes, presumably. You can see this with theatre, arts, opera etc. This is "economically rational" as well but works outside markets only. Don't mix rationality and market forces. [ The same applies to goods where a producer is not able to discriminate usage. If he cannot prevent some people (e.g. those who have not paid) to use his product, nobody would pay for it, everyone would freeride. A common example is the ordinary lamp post: How can I=20 prevent someone using its light? As a consequence, market forces won't provide the public with street light, so it (the public) had to agree to pay taxes such that the community could set up the lamps. From an economic point of view, excessive copying could result into a situation where music/films become common goods because no one is able to prevent others from using it. Exit Labels/Studios/Publish- ers. =20 (Just to summarize the very obvious, excuses.) ] Regards, Birger T=F6dtmann --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Weitere Infos: siehe http://www.gnupg.org iQIeBAEUAwAGBQI+HZKCAAoJEKdt2hZbN12+YLgH/3YRoxwN44Q7QVjl71TjcID4 1Wgta9tEhDJzNJsiCZVa4BD7ImxFHsVDH7kD2qmsEZ5PY7KFmDFEMevZLCi1l4Ao RtViXOHDFmhkCw5SZtEXHmdLrHY4JelUhsvAsuVnjOa1j91GhVIquKE6UES6NEj3 zjvaIFGgWZOzHJkzqmW+Qzzx1aVqbauuqzRIDFjYYXIrLkGV+41Z6t1odTT5wKvU WQKysluL2sZwZoiBGyos3aVRqjlrz58lfJG0acAY6tNpuAOuQD4kp2Coi2A4QQrs m6JW3CQKUidWnPXqLkg1uJkOdViW3IC78jwfPGVP2se6tQBN3HKhRfA5Tvgbg2kH /AsSc3bL4TjTY7mBHbEKITNvuYVh6524QsSwuwfDDlcJspe1hGXbZJkjxfYbo13r 2WoAXxIgM7rIBL0UaJz2Tq5m7jPnKjgyO3aaLDoOxnPNVhNpeudttHZVoRhtU9ui ngEv1H/nP4203u09ZG6XD/XL1nx+2B8DhY5NMQ85gt3GhOB3sJeob+yR8ifxXCJ3 8y1aLNW0ge5CBoDmPaPng65FvwP7S8hfRi5D76KS9LAWtIVUhEcZ3BJJ1IgsBZ5s orzQJbDN+0gZwQuNfylxOrw6MNd6/L/SPacvUQxd9ryJuPkIoUucukboCZIDQqrP F9xwlbPzZKvAuEaaAnirE9A= =MhCS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com
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