If You Think “Computers” Is a Hobby, I May Have Bad News For You
I just came back from my first visit to Assembly, which is one of the most prominent demo scene events in the world. It hit home something I’ve known, but never really completely digested: in our government and legislation there are still tons of people who think “computers” is a nerdy fringe hobby and that the net is somehow separate from “the real world” – and they don’t even realize they are the weirdos now.
#nodrmmarch – Month of Shout-Outs to Digital Stores Without DRM & Geolocks
I’m a staunch proponent of digital distribution and generally someone who thinks creative people should be paid for their work. Then again, the entertainment and media industry is hell bent on making paying for stuff incredibly hard by hobbling their online distribution with cumbersome “copy protections” and restricting the availability of the material to geographic areas, which make absolutely no sense in the online world. That said, how about doing a shout out for those who are doing it right? Those online stores who sell their stuff with no DRM, no geolocking and preferably without watermarks? Be it games, books, movies, TV-series, comics, whatever!
(photo by Paul Cullen)
The Problem With Piracy Is Ignorance – Or Artists: Stop Whining And Tell The People How You Make Money
What has pissed me off royally lately is the amount of ignorance and “knowledge” in every damn discussion about piracy lately – and on both sides of the fence. I have made my living mostly from copyright fees and in TV and media for about a decade. In spite of that I’ve been very very critical about the current copyright systems, the mostly inefficient fight against piracy with block lists and ruining school kids’ lives with multimillion euro fines, and generally how outfits like MPAA, RIAA and their local counterparts function. Internet has been a game changer and the media industry dropped the ball in a pretty epic way.
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