[Ffmpeg-devel] [Linuxtag] floor plan and accomodation

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 09 April 2006 at 22:05, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 08:30:57PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 03:01:26PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > >> Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> writes:
> > >> 
> > >> > Hi
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 09:37:51AM +0300, Jan Knutar wrote:
> > >> >> On Sunday 09 April 2006 09:04, Attila Kinali wrote:
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> > (BTW: has anyone ever understood why dns entries cost money?)
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> There's some overhead in managing everyone's reverses, and if you
> > >> >> can make extra money out of it, all the better.
> > >> >
> > >> > better for the individual who gets the money
> > >> > worse for the one who pays
> > >> > and worse for the everyone on average
> > >> >
> > >> > its like copyright in a time where copying itself costs a negligible
> > >> > amount, 
> > >> > option A, only the rich can afford stuff and only little
> > >> > option B, everyone can read/use everything, authors get paid by the gov
> > >> 
> > >> Authors getting paid by the government would mean they were getting
> > >> paid with tax money.  Do you really want your hard earned money going
> > >> to authors of the kind of rubbish that is being published?
> > >
> > > no, authors who produce valuable stuff should get money authors who
> > > produce crap should get none/less
> > > you dont need a capitalistic-copyright style system to do this
> > > just some popularity (like how many times has X been downloaded
> > > or how many people vote for it or whatever
> > 
> > With that system, we would be paying for what people on average like.
> > That means that I would have to pay for stupid soaps that I'd never
> > think of watching.  I don't mind paying for music/films/books, if I
> > can choose for myself which authors get my money (and the price is
> > reasonable), but I hate being forced to pay for things I don't want.
> 
> hmm, well then  what about the following hypothetical system
> 
> 1. decide based on income/ amount of money a person has / ... how much
>    she pays for intelectual works
> 2. each person can freely decide who gets this money, if the person
>    doesnt say anything it is distributed according to popularity
> 
> happy now?

No, because you'd need a list of government-approved artists/authors to whom
money can be given. Who would keep this list, how would it work and why would
I have to pay to make it work?

Regards,
R.

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