I definitely want to write another post about this when I have some more time on my hands cause I think it really touches on the “commerce” part of the class. But in the meantime I wanted to bring one thing up before class.
In the EFF article, the proposal is this: “the music industry forms several “collecting societies,” which then offer file-sharing music fans the opportunity to “get legit” in exchange for a reasonable regular payment, say a total of $5-10 per month.” Just wanted to run a quick poll of the class to see how many of you do this? Be honest.
I would.
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I’d pay for it. I forgot who but someone brought up a good point that one person could be paying for it per house and distribute the password and/or downloads anyway… :/
I would definitely pay for it, especially if programs were created to protect computers from viruses and the such when it comes to peer-to-peer file sharing. If charging money for these services could lead to better and safer ways to share music, then I’d be on board for that.
Yeah, I understand the point about many people using the same router to download music. I’m not too tech savvy, but if this is the biggest obstacle in making this model work, I think there are probably ways around that.
Maybe we register a certain number of computers per router and pay per computer. Or, maybe the more computers use the internet from a router, the more we pay, like a pay-per-use system…..I am sure someone could devise a system that would work.
I know that this is the first alternative business model plan that we’ve talked about, but so far I like it.