DRM [Was: Torvolds on GPLv3]

[Michael Cohen]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:31:20PM +0930, David Lloyd wrote:
> 
> Adam.
> 
> > Imagine paying $30 for a MP3 download of a CD and then having to pay every
> > time you wanted to play it?
> 
> Imagine the new innovative ways the market would find to distribute music...

Of course the market is already finding an innovative way to distribute music -
allofmp3.com uses a russian legal loophole to make millions out of this. Maybe
the future of online music distribution is limited to states where laws are
more relaxed - or rogue pacific islands maybe? 

Really this is a case of not liking the law in one place and operating in other
places where the law is better suited. Imagine a country like Nauru deciding to
host something the size of allofmt3 - much better than a tax haven status.
Maybe governments dont like the free market approach to the legal system
though...

Michael.