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Originally posted by walktalker
Time to read the news, or else... 
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Ok ok....
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by WT's excellent news service:
Discord over digital music
With millions of people downloading free copies of everything from the latest chart hit to whole albums over the internet, the music industry is facing a formidable challenge. A whole generation is growing up with digital technology that has provided the means to get free access to music at any time. "Digital technology offers us both opportunities and threats," Fergal Gara of EMI Records told the BBC programme Go Digital. "Unless we get control of digital privacy, we will be in deep trouble. But I'm not convinced that legislation alone is the answer. What we really need to do is provide alternatives to consumers."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci...00/1874800.stm
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"Unless we get control of digital privacy, we will be in deep trouble." Now there's an interesting and paradoxical concept... if EMI controls your privacy it isn't much of a privacy anymore, is it?
Especially as thousands of similar corporations can claim the right to control your digital privacy on similar grounds. How about giving the entertainment industry the right to check your snailmail, just in case you are sending some mp3s to your friends?
Thanks WT!
- tg
