What scares me is the legal ramifications of licensing as opposed to ownership. People with vast Kindle libraries may think they own their books...but they don't. All media is going to go down this path, and I worry about consumer rights.
*Edit*
Googling around a bit it sounds like I may be out of date on the video games thing. Now the rumor mill sounds like the next xbox at least will use blu ray. (which will make sony happy.) Apparently MS and Sony kicked the idea around and decided the blowback would be too intense.
Copyright Supreme Court Case
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Re: Copyright Supreme Court Case
by eric » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:45 pm
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Re: Copyright Supreme Court Case
by eric » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:09 pm
from a legal standpoint maybe, but that's irrelevant to a philosophical discussion
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Re: Copyright Supreme Court Case
by John Galt » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:45 pm
the basic "problem" is "exclusivity" of retailers in the us, jacking up prices on imported goods while overseas they are lowered priced. someone could buy it overseas then resell it here making it "unfair" for those "exclusive retailers" or whatever
well f**k them, they're jacking up prices
well f**k them, they're jacking up prices
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Re: Copyright Supreme Court Case
by Dylan » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:51 pm
are profit margins way bigger in the US than abroad? serious question.
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Re: Copyright Supreme Court Case
by John Galt » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:58 pm
dont know but if the product can be bought overseas, imported by a person shipping it via UPS or something, and sold for a profit in the us, i would imagine for those products it is
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