Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

[Les Mikesell]

Francis Earl wrote:
>
> Who is that helping? You think users would continue to use AAC (iPOD) or
> MP3 etc if they knew they do not own that media they just paid $1 for?

If we leave DRM out of the picture (and AAC doesn't necessarily imply 
DRM) there's no difference in these formats than in any other forms used 
for consumer sales.  That is, if you buy a CD or DVD, there are 
licensing fees involved for the devices that play them.  Those do not 
really have much to do with the concept of your ownership of the 
physical media.

> Apple is currently the largest distributor of music in the world, users
> can't even share that music with their friends legally.

Again, no distinction from other types of media distribution.  Paying 
for your copy doesn't give you the right to make additional copies or 
redistribute them.

 > One dollar is a
> small figure, but how much is Apple making for basically just allowing
> users to listen?

Apple doesn't create this content and doesn't keep all of the dollar - 
it's not really up to them as a distributor to give additional rights to 
the buy.

> Users do that willingly though, and complain if they're not able to be
> ripped off in such ways. That is what RedHat is fighting in the consumer
> space, and why they aren't willing to invest millions trying to appeal
> to these people.

RedHat can hardly complain about restrictions on additional copies of 
music when they place the same kind of restriction on the software they 
distribute, requiring it to only be installed on a single computer.

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   Les Mikesell
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