Jan
15
2010
Imagine a perfect world
…well, as far as intellectual property was concerned.
Consumers obeyed the letter of the law.
Companies made clear the what consumers could and couldn’t do with CDs, DVDs, etc.. Not in the fine print—unmissable.
Do you think anybody would actually buy anything, given what you’re technically not permitted to do over here? No ripping. No lending to a friend for a week. You know the score.
I wonder if we’d become a nation of renters and radio listeners. A boom for Spotify and the saviour of DAB, perhaps.
