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Re: Unintended consequences



Here are some new postings to Salon that apply to us and specifically to
James' posting (see the quote i selected from the Rosen interview, then
see it in context).

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT -- MP3.com gets spanked: Judge gives record industry
a big win in battle against online music pioneer. By Eric Boehlert
http://www.salon.coment/log/2000/04/28/riaa_mp3/index.html?CP=SAL&DN=110

plus: Technology Log: Microsplit: Justice outlines its plan for two
post-Microsoft companies: Office with no Windows, Windows with no Office
and only one of them gets Gates. By Katharine Mieszkowski
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/29/breakup/index.html?CP=SAL&DN=110

TECHNOLOGY -- View From the Top: On the record: RIAA chief Hilary Rosen
defends the music industry's recent litigation against Napster and
MP3.com. By Janelle Brown
http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/05/01/rosen/index.html?CP=SAL&DN=110

A quote in answer to James' inquiry----

Brown: But even if you win the Napster case, there are a dozen Napster
clones and some that are decentralized, like Gnutella. How do you plan to
stop this?
                          
Rosen: I don't think anybody has illusions about controlling all
transmissions online. The question is, How do you compete if services
available to give it away without regard to the creators are allowed to
flourish with such customer-service-friendly tools? Gnutella is a little
harder to use than Napster, but there also ways to enforce against
Gnutella users that you don't have with Napster.


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