John Dvorak article

Obviously Pc Magazine hs their own discussion forums, but it would be interesting to see what an IT focused crowd has to say about this one:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,652001,00.asp

Jeff
No matter how bad it is, it can always get worse ....

 

[xutopia]

I think the record industry has never been healthier than now. Where is the problem? Gary

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Haran

 

[petermeachem]

Stupid article.

Download to Oblivion.
Of course it has been stolen. If I take a book from a shop, put it in a cupboard and don't read it, I've still stolen it.

Scenario 2
Yes you have stolen an apple. The fact that no body wants it is beside the point. The fact that you don't want it is also completely beside the point. You steal my car but you don't want it so it is ok? Don't know who this bloke is, not a great thinker though.

Scenario 3
Gets stupider. Of course the patron isn't stealing. The shop owner is.

Scenario 4
Same offense.

Scenario 5
"If this were a drug case, would the government deal 100,000 doses of heroin."

As I say, I don't know who this guy is, although the name does seem slightly familiar. What I do know is that he ought to get someone slightly smarter to help him with writing, or get a less taxing job.
Peter Meachem
peter @ accuflight.com

 

[SteveTheGeek]

I'm with the "stealing is stealing" crowd, and of course there are degrees of theft - duh, stealing three dollars is worse than stealing only two. However I'm also vociferously anti-DMCA; you cannot (well, should not) step on peoples' rights in order to make your business (and more to the point, your business model) more secure from theft.
-Steve

 

[petermeachem]

Quite so. And I expect that what the article was supposed to say. Record companies got in a dreadful flap about cassettes. Oh it will be the ruin of us etc, and I presume they are wrong now. One of their bits of 'proof' is about the number of cdr's sold every year. They assume that everyone is used to pirate music. Wrong. Peter Meachem
peter @ accuflight.com

 

[Zarcom]

Unfortunate that you don't like him. I find his articles quite a relief fromt the usual crap that is out there. Yes he is cynical, thats what I like about it. I do agree some of his scenario's could have been better, I did like the analogy of the heroin.

mine opinion That'l do donkey, that'l do
Mark
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[sleipnir214]

I never have been very favorably impressed with John C. Dvorak, and I saw nothing in that article which would change my opinion. His hypotheticals are specious at best.

While I agree that if I rip a CD and give it to someone, that is theft, I don't agree with the RIAA that my ripping that same CD to copy to my MP3 player is also theft.

And to date, I have yet to see anyone from either side of the issue provide strong evidence whether or not CD ripping is harming the industry. ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[SteveTheGeek]

Yeah, the RIAA seems to think that if it COULD be theft, then it IS theft... but ultimately purchasing (or the lack thereof) is going to be the only true solution to the problem. RIAA is just trying very hard to make sure there is no alternative, so that any sales at all justify their position on it. If they get their way it'll make the War on Drugs look petty by comparison.
-Steve