Bob Cringely's Snapster idea has been getting a lot of attention, at least in geek circles.
As others have pointed out in those discussions, the idea is very unlikely to fly because (i) in the short term, record companies only have to come up with a licence that precludes this type of use, and (ii) in the long term, most lawmakers are idealogically closer to the RIAA than to Cringely.
But Cringley nevertheless deserves huge credit for coming up with an orginal and enlightening idea in an area desparately in need of creative thinking.
Posted by timo at July 27, 2003 10:55 AM | TrackBack