Argument: “Rene Ritchie Says: February 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 pm Back in his 2003 Rolling Stone Interview, Steve Jobs mentioned he wanted to price music fairly so that people would stop stealing and start buying because stealing, he said, corrodes the soul. I’ve found that to be true. Given fair pricing and availability, buying and supporting to make sure we get more is not only the better moral route, but the bette personal one.”

Clarity: If you meter the bits, you can provide proper attribution to the persons who should be paid. This platform is but one way to key content – it isn’t even strictly “DRM” – no wrapping. The AAC & MPEG4 license and structure that can be seen provides for this type of “authorization” or keyed content. But the effort that goes into undermining a way forward to getting the attribution piece is very convoluted & cannot remove moral hazard. The best security cause the theif to steal from themselves as this example proves.

Let me get my violin…

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/02/02/pirates-iphone-pirates/

I’ve found that to be true. Given fair pricing and availability, buying and supporting to make sure we get more is not only the better moral route, but the bette personal one.

You have confussed me even more. The only one that can fairly determine the value of something is the one that created the something. You can’t measure the units of bandwith to define Piracy. I can easily use my neighbors bandwiths without there being any wiser. That would still be theft. As for Kilowatts it’s not impossible to illegally connect ones electricity. The inclusion of ID theft and reduction in privacy. This makes no sense. Your meter the bits screams of big brother. If you are wanting to avoid a reduction in privacy you are barking up the wrong tree with that suggestion. In fact you are arguing against your own point. Not to mention the fact that if you really feel that way about it then the wifi connectivity of the iPhone and all cellular devices should be removed.

How much something is worth has nothing to do with the amount of bandwith it consumes. I mean there are apps offered on the underground to jailbroken phones that will allow you to find your iPhone if it is lost or stolen to with in a few feet. These apps are in most cases smaller than a megabyte while a game can be upwards of 50 plus. Does that make the game worth more. To those that work hard for their money and value the amount spent on that shiney new 3G would say the locating app would be worth more.

The get over yourself and make software people are willing to pay for statement would be equal to your boss coming in and saying, “No one likes the way you do your job Henry. So we are going to need you to work the next year for free, and since everyone feels this way we will be requiring you to pay everyone elses salaries.” That wouldn’t fly would it.

I do not see your point clearly stated at all. In fact you seem to obscure your point with each new statement. Please clarify.