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 Since you forwarded it to Trichordist, Michael, some who work in the industry will note it. We've been talking about metadata standards. There is resistance in some part because previous attempts have failed and other parts because attempts to begin serious discussions of the problem meet the same perverse resistance met here from members of the software community who believe they have a right to those opinions regardless of how badly informed they are. They did embrace digital downloads, Pete. They are fighting piracy just as the software industry has and does. It is the "information wants to be free" quote that is seldom followed by the rest of Brand's admonition that "information wants to be expensive" that they resist. A world class album costs between $250k for a small work to $750k to produce and that is before any pressings, marketing or other expenses. It will be interesting to see how many software experts continue to defend piracy because they are "offended" by the discussion. This is a list that will debate "worse is better" and any number of other absurdities but resolutely refuses to recognize the social disorders they have created. It doesn't speak well of the community and I do have the right to express that opinion regardless of how treated for it and in contrast to some here, I am uniquely well informed. If XML isn't relevant, then Hunt was right. This technology is done and it little matters what is discussed here on a public list. len -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hopwood [mailto:michael@editeur.org] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:14 AM To: Pete Cordell; xml-dev@lists.xml.org Subject: RE: Principles for an Ethical and Sustainable Internet Pete, Since I'm actually working on DDex still at this very minute, I feel a bit duty-bound to repeat my reference to it... "... actually there is this: http://ddex.net/release-delivery-0 - it's definitely in use (examples of implementations here: http://ddex.net/implementing-ddex-standards (see PDF link near page foot)..." Timing aside, this is real stuff with real consequences for XML and the Internet. Cheers, M -----Original Message----- From: Pete Cordell [mailto:petexmldev@codalogic.com] Sent: 30 August 2012 10:50 To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org Subject: Re: Principles for an Ethical and Sustainable Internet >>> But can't help wonder, had the music industry embraced digital download of music, which is now so clearly what they should have done, and set a precedent for paying for things on the Internet, how differently people would interact with the Internet now (oh, and what the implications for XML would have been!). Pete Cordell Codalogic Ltd Interface XML to C++ the easy way using XML C++ data binding to convert XSD schemas to C++ classes. Visit http://codalogic.com/lmx/ or http://www.xml2cpp.com for more info _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php 
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