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by stonogo
3157 days ago
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Yeah, turns out language changes. The TRIPS agreement defines piracy in terms that have nothing to do with shivering timbers. As for "standardized rights", that kind of shit is what leads to taxes on media like blank CDs or, before them, cassette tape, and -- worst of all -- organizations like ASCAP getting royalty payments by default, whether they're entitled to them or not. Any effort to "standardize" rights management generally turns into a club with which entrenched interests beat down innovation or dissent. Just let them burn out with their shit business models; we don't need them anyway. |
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...then don't license your rights in that format, are you thinking I'm saying the government of the United States should be responsible for determining the licensing terms of media? I'm just thinking that there could be some standardized package with official masters, metadata, and rates, which any old streaming provider could register for, download, reencode, and start sending the revenues their way. Beyond that, rights holders obviously retain the right to strike cheaper or higher-service deals with specific providers, or to stop licensing their content, just like before. I don't mean sell every TV show and movie at the same price, I don't mean forfeit your rights, I don't mean anything of the sort, I mean standardize the agreement format.
> Just let them burn out with their shit business models; we don't need them anyway.
But in the future, how will we access media from the on-demand age, or which is no longer available DRM-free?