Comments on: An absolutely, positively, idiotic abuse of copyright http://www.rantroulette.com/2009/07/an-absolutely-positively-idiotic-abuse-of-copyright/ A collection of current events, technology, sports, and miscellaneous rants Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com/2009/07/an-absolutely-positively-idiotic-abuse-of-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Shawn K. Quinn Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:31:51 +0000 http://www.shawnkquinn.com/?p=500#comment-130 Responding to some of your points in more or less reverse order: To be fair about it, some types of clothing do need to be handwashed. I disagree that wireless telephones have made landline pay phones obsolete. I think we will always have landline phones, maybe just a lot fewer of them and more VoIP-type setups versus the traditional analog line. Yes, the RIAA did finally learn that DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) doesn't work. I think the MPAA and print publishers are gradually learning the same. I would not term the impending change as a "collapse" per se, but it is a huge paradigm shift. The news agencies that started life as newspapers will mostly survive, just not as an agency that prints the story with ink onto sheets of wood pulp. Responding to some of your points in more or less reverse order:

To be fair about it, some types of clothing do need to be handwashed.

I disagree that wireless telephones have made landline pay phones obsolete. I think we will always have landline phones, maybe just a lot fewer of them and more VoIP-type setups versus the traditional analog line.

Yes, the RIAA did finally learn that DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) doesn't work. I think the MPAA and print publishers are gradually learning the same.

I would not term the impending change as a "collapse" per se, but it is a huge paradigm shift. The news agencies that started life as newspapers will mostly survive, just not as an agency that prints the story with ink onto sheets of wood pulp.

]]> By: Charlie Bell http://www.rantroulette.com/2009/07/an-absolutely-positively-idiotic-abuse-of-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Charlie Bell Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.shawnkquinn.com/?p=500#comment-126 I agree with you that newspapers are in decline and they will continue to be until they disappear completely. Who would want to switch back from a free medium that is more up to date than one that you pay for. How many pay phones do we see around town now. Cell phones have gotten rid of the need. Why should something remain when technology has made it inappropriate or unnecessary? If I worked for a newspaper then I would probably see this differently. However, I would hope that I would have seen the writing on the wall and moved on before the collapse. To try and use copyright to slow the process down is like putting a finger in the hole of a dam that is ready to burst. People will push forward no matter what. If the music industry and the internet with it's file sharing problems have taught us anything it is that there is no stopping people from sharing information freely. We can try but few will pay while the majority press on. Society is continuing to change with technology advancing and in order to survive it is important to understand the trends and grow with them. Newspapers are great for archival information, but even then we need to digitize the content to preserve it. Horse and buggy, telegraphs, hand washing clothes, ice boxes, and candle lit homes are all things of the past. Soon, newspapers will be. Let's move on! I agree with you that newspapers are in decline and they will continue to be until they disappear completely. Who would want to switch back from a free medium that is more up to date than one that you pay for. How many pay phones do we see around town now. Cell phones have gotten rid of the need. Why should something remain when technology has made it inappropriate or unnecessary? If I worked for a newspaper then I would probably see this differently. However, I would hope that I would have seen the writing on the wall and moved on before the collapse. To try and use copyright to slow the process down is like putting a finger in the hole of a dam that is ready to burst.

People will push forward no matter what. If the music industry and the internet with it's file sharing problems have taught us anything it is that there is no stopping people from sharing information freely. We can try but few will pay while the majority press on. Society is continuing to change with technology advancing and in order to survive it is important to understand the trends and grow with them.

Newspapers are great for archival information, but even then we need to digitize the content to preserve it. Horse and buggy, telegraphs, hand washing clothes, ice boxes, and candle lit homes are all things of the past. Soon, newspapers will be. Let's move on!

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