Oliver Hansen » riaa http://blog.oliverhansen.com A techie's not-so-technical weblog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Have Copyright Holder’s Fears Proved Correct Over The Years? http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2009/10/14/have-copyright-holders-fears-proved-correct-over-the-years/ http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2009/10/14/have-copyright-holders-fears-proved-correct-over-the-years/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:46:11 +0000 Oliver http://blog.oliverhansen.com/?p=565 The author of the article on arstechnica.com shows that a few of the industry leaders who felt threatened by technology have been correct on some points. I was surprized by this, but not surprized by the fact that most of the warnings of entire industries being destroyed have proved false. Unreasonable copyrights are holding back [...]]]> The author of the article on arstechnica.com shows that a few of the industry leaders who felt threatened by technology have been correct on some points. I was surprized by this, but not surprized by the fact that most of the warnings of entire industries being destroyed have proved false. Unreasonable copyrights are holding back new ideas and new methods for sharing information. I hope some people in decision-making capacities will read this and not believe all the current hype by the RIAA and MPAA.

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