[d@DCC] Re: [OTT-GOSLING] Wikipedia Software manufactring.

[Russell McOrmond]

Joseph wrote:
> Well, I suppose it can be to the extent that "books" are manufactured.
> But that refers to the media, not the message.

   I believe it was Don that had a great article talking about 
containers vs. content, and how we need to rethink things when we have 
the ability to widely communicate the content without there needing to 
ever be a container.  The whole question about marginal costs isn't an 
issue when you have a physical container that always has a non-zero 
marginal cost.

Containers and content have different properties -- and thus the big 
debates not only of the Jefferson Debate style, but also court cases 
about the different rates copyright holders get on "licenses" vs. 
"mechanical copies".

   Does anyone have that court reference handy.  This was a US case 
where musician that was suing one of the online services based on their 
saying that it was a "license" (IE: wouldn't have first sale, and thus 
what was downloaded couldn't be loaned or resold) and yet the artist was 
getting the lower royalty rate that they would for a "mechanical copy". 
   When a song is licensed to be part of a soundtrack for a movie the 
artist gets paid more than when a copy of a CD is made.

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