Illegal art:
>i think the general internet model was to give everything away for
>free, get as much of the market share as you can (because it was
>supposedly the future market), and then figure out how to make a
>profit (i think even Napster was based on this idea).
I think Napster wasn't based on this idea at the beginning (when Shawn
Fanning created it). But for sure it was when in may-june 2000 it raised 23
million dollars from various investors.
When I heard about that I immediately sued them for copyright infringment. I
had nothing against people trading mp3s for non commercial reasons/personal
use, but I was also aware that no one invests millions of $ in something
that won't be transformed in a commercial service at some point... and a
commercial subscription service has to share revenue with artists, authors
and other copyright owners involved, in my opinion.
>this, of
>course, led to the perception that the internet is free....
this happened with everything, from free email accounts to other services
(at some points I even got a free intranet from Intranets.com ... of course
it didn't last ;)))
>and i agree with steev that we should all stop funding the military.
"me too, me too!"
DjB ;)
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