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Re: [News] Another Review of the Nokia N800 Linux-based Tablet

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 16:27 \__
> 
<snip>
>> Lots of people still think that they're living in the proprietary world,
>> and stuggle to comprehend the new rules.
> 
> Revenue streams are the worst when it comes to miscomprehension. People think
> that money cannot be made from Free software. Let's look at a simple analogy
> from the music world, okay? Here we have a seller and an artist. You have
> the talent and the salesman. Free culture essentially eliminates this
> middleman. Without 'acquisition' cost (or 'tax'), the artist can reach a
> very wide audience (free downloads) and then use reputation to make money in
> all sorts of way, without spending money and effort on marketing (or
> labels). That's why labels love DRM and artists dislike DRM. Artists want
> exposure. Labels need money. That's all they care about. The same applies to
> coding and many developers favour programming that enables them to take
> their work elsewhere, rather be restricted. Programs are a form of art too.
> 

A very valid observation.  Interestingly, this is well understood in the
copyright and patent world outside the US, nafta and Australia, since
software is covered by copyright law, the same law which covers music
and other arts.

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