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My first question involved whether or not the seemingly logical proof was in fact a humane/fair one. The second (“is it supposed to be?”) was around whether these sort of perspectives should take fairness into account as a starting point (or not). Open questions!

I do agree about the use of state violence (imprisonment etc) as a deterrent against relatively small - even if unethical - acts. That level of intervention should be reserved for the most severe anti-social behaviors, in my opinion (instances where another human is put directly in harm’s way because of one’s actions).

What is DRM?

mark tyler 2y ago

(Digital Rights Management , it’s a way of preventing people from sharing songs without paying) but I’m being sloppy. To rewrite it:

On the last point, I’m wondering who would pay anyone but you in a free-to-share-1s-and-0s world? Maybe they pay the person who helped them get a copy a few cents for the effort… but enjoying your music they might send you much more in appreciation for your original work. The first person may have been their doorway into your art, but you are and always will be the creator of it.

RE: Is it fair and should it be:

Maybe it comes down to what do we mean when we say “fair”. If you were told that you’d be paid a certain way and so you work, then all of a sudden everyone realizes they aren’t willing to force people to behave a certain way for such low stakes. Yeah that feels unfair. But it’s also unfair to force people in such an arbitrary way. Maybe it’s like the people caught between the american revolutionaries and the British. I’m fuzzy on details for this analogy, but real people lost their shirts because they assumed that business would continue as usual, but when the Americans didn’t want to buy from where they were supposed to, suddenly they were at a huge business loss. That doesn’t feel fair. I’d argue it is though. They just had risk in their business that maybe they didn’t realize they had.

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boston wine 2y ago

These are all good points! I’m about to hit the bed but I appreciate the discussion — will respond tomorrow when I’m able to think more criticallly about it 🫡

mark tyler 2y ago

Chats like these are my favorite part of Nostr. I’m happy to be totally wrong - and realizing I’m wrong on this might actually make me happier lol 🫂🫂🫂

boston wine 2y ago

Same here man - it’s such a vibe 💜🫂

Formulating thoughts on the above as well 🤙

boston wine 2y ago

I like the idea that a fully open information economy could lead to better compensation for artists. Especially considering how frequently their production companies take advantage of them.

That said, it’s a tricky hypothetical. So many people are used to getting their content for free or dirt cheap - I want to believe that we’d all give greater recognition/compensation to artists in this scenario, but I have some remaining cynicism.

Nostr is a fascinating microcosm for exactly this idea, though. Perhaps this is the first time we can watch it play out in a real scenario 🤯

You make good points about fairness, too. Perhaps contractual agreements would help solve this: “I will sell you this content only if you agree not to redistribute it”. In that case, both parties have agreed on the terms of the transaction. If the buyer breaks the contract (ie burns 100 copies of the cd and sells them on the street), then the artist is entitled to seek damages.

Perhaps that’s the ethical boundary: civil litigation, not criminal penalty (state violence etc etc).

Thanks for helping me think through this a bit 🙏