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Drakonix · 22-11-02, 08:19 PM

I wonder how much the P2P war is costing RIAA & MPAA. No doubt they have deep pockets - but the drain must be significant, with legal battles and anti-copying/anti-trading research on an unprecedented scale.

I wonder how much these legal (and semi-legal, unlawful) efforts and the R&D is really hurting them financially. Probably a lot more than any genuine losses attributable to P2P sharing or other forms they consider “piracy”.

I bet the cost of these “anti-piracy” measures is totaled in the “losses to piracy” financial figures, whether or not the actual losses to "piracy" justify the expense and concern they give it. Of course, guess who pays for that effort - consumers.

22-11-02, 08:19 PM	#5
Drakonix Just Draggin' Along Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,210	I wonder how much the P2P war is costing RIAA & MPAA. No doubt they have deep pockets - but the drain must be significant, with legal battles and anti-copying/anti-trading research on an unprecedented scale. I wonder how much these legal (and semi-legal, unlawful) efforts and the R&D is really hurting them financially. Probably a lot more than any genuine losses attributable to P2P sharing or other forms they consider “piracy”. I bet the cost of these “anti-piracy” measures is totaled in the “losses to piracy” financial figures, whether or not the actual losses to "piracy" justify the expense and concern they give it. Of course, guess who pays for that effort - consumers. __________________ Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors. I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines.