Here's some content of a search engine expert's newsletter
and his idea of how to fix the MP3 legal problem.
Of course DSNY has just what he suggests!
Finally, a last, non-search comment on this whole MP3 mess, if you'll
indulge me. Ultimately, the solution to the pirated MP3 search problem
would seem to be making music available online cheaply, not trying to chase
some pie-in-the-sky dream of copy protection nor filing expensive lawsuits.
I would have loved to have gone to a music industry-backed site, knowing
that I could search for and FIND legal copies of songs, which I might then
pay 50 cents or $1 each for. I'm not alone in this. It would be convenient,
acceptable and ultimately a possible money-maker for the music industry.
After all, they aren't having to ship me a physical CD, with packaging,
marketing costs, etc. Sure, I could share that song with others -- but I
could do that now. The only difference is that the music industry never
gave me or others the chance an easy way to buy it from them first. |
