Olli used our newssubmit to tell us that also Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen has seen the light, copy protections are doomed.
In this article on Silliconvalley.com he says that figthing piracy has never succeeded, and if the industry doesn't take actions to improve their products and lower the prices they are bound to fail again:
``If a computer can see it, display it and play it -- it can copy it,'' said Andreessen, in a keynote address to the National Association of Broadcasters convention. |
Andreessen said the recording and broadcast industries should recognize the explosive popularity of Napster and successor song-swapping services for what they are: evidence of unmet consumer demand and a terrific business opportunity.
It should respond with a volume of cheap digital music -- and an ad campaign that reminds consumers that ``file swapping'' is merely a euphemism for theft.
It's good to see another big name of the computer industry has noticed that copy protections are bad, but there needs a lot to be done before copy protections dissapear I guess...
Source: Silicionvalley
