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Re: DRM technology and policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Tue Apr 22 18:52:03 2003
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To: "John S. Denker" <jsd@monmouth.com>
Cc: Andreas Bogk <andreas@andreas.org>, cryptography@metzdowd.com,
Peter Clay <pete@flatline.org.uk>
From: Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>
Date: 22 Apr 2003 16:22:51 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3EA56C7D.8050302@monmouth.com>
"John S. Denker" <jsd@monmouth.com> writes:
> Please get a clue. Copyright isn't about the
> scarcity of copying or the marginal cost thereof.
> Never has been.
>
> Copyright is about recouping the _fixed_ costs. This
> is necessary in general, and particularly important
> when the market is of limited size, so that the fixed
> cost per unit is significant in absolute terms.
The problem is that the current business models recoup this
cost by requiring payment on the assumption of a scarce resource.
You are correct that Copyright has nothing to do with it; it's
the current (flawed?) business models. However, I don't think
the MPAA or RIAA are willing to change their business models
anytime soon.
So I'll re-ask my question, John.. What do you see as the
requirements of a DRM system? Clearly allowing a content creator to
get paid for their work is part of the picture (but it is not the
whole picture)..
-derek
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Derek Atkins
Computer and Internet Security Consultant
derek@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
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