Are the music and film content owners a bunch of Chicken Littles, or what? One thing is for sure, they always see the glass as half empty. Spider-Man has been a huge success at the box office. That, to me, sounds like good reason to bring out the Champagne. Instead, we get more whining about Internet users who are sharing degraded copies of the movie. The software industry has learned years ago that there will always be a residual amount of piracy, and that a small amount of piracy can even be good, because it helps to grow your product's awareness among potential customers. The goal of the software industry has been to reduce piracy to an acceptable level, not try to eradicate it completely. I hope the music and film industry will learn this lesson soon.
Posted by Doug Sauder at June 3, 2002 08:45 AM