> Is it fair for software developers to make money by mass producing and distributing at almost zero cost?
Well, what about simple Econ 101? In a competitive market, prices tend towards the marginal cost of production. Wow! Someone just invented a technology that allows the duplication and distribution of recorded music to happen at almost zero cost!
Is it fair for the people whose livelihoods are changed by this new tech to lobby/pay for laws to maintain the price of their good at pre-new-tech levels? Is if fair for that new technology to be legally limited by highly unpopular, and un-democratically-created laws? Is it fair for me to be deprived of the use of that new technology for un-infringing uses?
And yes, I've taken advantage of the new technology to mass produce and distribute some of my own software are near zero-cost: http://www.stratigery.com/acl.html Have a copy, for free!
Well, what about simple Econ 101? In a competitive market, prices tend towards the marginal cost of production. Wow! Someone just invented a technology that allows the duplication and distribution of recorded music to happen at almost zero cost!
Is it fair for the people whose livelihoods are changed by this new tech to lobby/pay for laws to maintain the price of their good at pre-new-tech levels? Is if fair for that new technology to be legally limited by highly unpopular, and un-democratically-created laws? Is it fair for me to be deprived of the use of that new technology for un-infringing uses?
And yes, I've taken advantage of the new technology to mass produce and distribute some of my own software are near zero-cost: http://www.stratigery.com/acl.html Have a copy, for free!