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Idea #10: Litigation doesn't change the behaviour

Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01. Category: Copyright Consultation. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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People file share. There is little empathy for the companies who say they are losing vast sums of revenue due to it. Litigation of ordinary citizens for vast sums of money in damages does nothing to change the apathy, if anything it causes a greater degree of it. The data that companies use to demonstrate that file sharing hurts them is flawed. People want to share, it is in our nature.
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Solution #1: Don't make it illegal
Written by KickingRaven the 14 Aug 09 at 19:01.
If the attitude towards file sharing could be changed to a more positive one then there are monetization opportunities. As an example, if a person shares content with people and that results in a sale then the sharer would receive some form of compensation, say credits via a redeemable code that the purchaser enters. Change the perception of the activity and recognize the potential benefits the change can represent.
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Solution #2: Legal copyright protections that encourage monetization
Written by Tamir the 17 Aug 09 at 23:57.
Along with an attitude shift, maybe it would be useful to produce some form of legislative incentives in the coming copyright bill that would encourage content creators to develop monetization schemes?

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KickingRaven wrote on the 19 Aug 09 at 16:06
I like the idea of legislative incentives for monetization efforts. To give the idea even more merit I was recently pondering on how digital distribution is good for the environment. The reduction of physical materials required for production, packaging and distribution is quite significant.

One study estimated that, in just greenhouse gases, an impact of 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalents for each music CD produced, packaged and delivered.

Another study, by an organization that manufactures over 400 million music CDs a year, found that digital distribution would save over 0.9 kilograms in abiotic emissions per CD, net of the impact of the computer and telecommunication resources to deliver it.

Interestingly enough, I feel this issue also speaks to net neutrality. If we are introducing barriers to digital distribution via traffic-shaping and bandwith caps then these barriers also have consequences to the environmental benefits realized through digital distribution.


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