[DECtalk] decTalk and speech-fx-inc

[Josh Kennedy]

well that probably wouldn't work, because by the time we have matter
replication technology, I'm sure that everybody in the world will have a
replication machine. So again if everybody has a replication machine and if
everybody from the richest person to the poorest homeless person can
manufacture copies of whatever they want, then manufacturing products won't
really matter anymore matter replication technology would probably
completely change the way society itself works.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019, 02:06 Don <Text_to_Speech at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 7/22/2019 8:48 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
> > Again, if you are not driving your car, I’ll just use matter-replication
> to
> > replicate myself a copy of your car, that way you still have your car
> and I
> > have my copy of your car. I would just need to pay for a driver’s
> license to
> > prove I am fit to drive. Nobody has to know your car was
> matter-replicated
> > with futuristic technology.
>
> And my lawyer would have your vehicle seized as evidence in the case
> against
> you.  The same matter replication technology would be used to PROVE that
> you
> had an IDENTICAL copy of my car -- not one that was manufactured separately
> from mine -- even if manufactured using matter-replication technology
> ("Gee,
> how is it that your car has the same DENT in the hood that mine does?  Down
> to the molecular level?!  (sort of like DNA).  This would undoubtedly be
> seen as /prima facie/ evidence of the theft -- without ever having to prove
> when and where you committed the crime (just like "receiving stolen
> goods").
>
> More and more product development effort (esp with regard to software) is
> going into preventing and detecting counterfeiting.  That's effort that
> COULD have gone into making the product better.
>
> Wait until you have to be online to use that new-fangled speech synthesizer
> and the software validates your license IN REAL TIME and refuses to "speak"
> unless you've paid this month's license fee!  Not only will you not own a
> license for "unlimited use on a single machine" but you'll have to pay
> a subscription fee to maintain your license... even if you aren't using it
> this month!
>
> [Obviously, the software developers must think of this sort of unauthorized
> use as THEFT if they are investing this sort of effort into preventing or
> detecting it!  And, the cost of investing in those "protections" gets
> passed on to the customer!]
>
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