[ILUG] Eircom sued by RIAA.

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Gareth 'bigbro' Eason wrote:

> Patrick O'Doherty wrote:
>> I can't believe that the record industry still believes that all the music
>> that is pirated would have been legally bought were it not available 
>> through
>> piracy. They see it as lost sales, when in fact it should be seen as market
> [snip]
>
> 	While all of this is pertinent, I think it's (IMHO) the wrong 
> argument to be using in this case - and I hope Eircom does not even attempt 
> it.

Though, such arguments would be very relevant if it came to arguing 
about damages. At which stage, it's also worth bearing in mind that:

- per-unit gross costs of a physical copy should not be equivalent to
   a digital one

- where the old-media companies do allow digital sales, they have
   much *higher* margins..

> for a fixed period of time. I'd love to see the algorithm that can accurately 
> spot that on an ISP network.

Then there's fair-dealing in general, lending, or copying for 
archival purposes. etc. etc. The only way this automated-enforcement 
can work is if we throw fair-dealing away altogether.

regards,
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