From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 24 2:15:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEE437B423 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 02:15:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f4O9FoR31671 ; Thu, 24 May 2001 11:15:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id LAA52484 ; Thu, 24 May 2001 11:16:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:16:22 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Copyright law, again... Message-ID: <20010524111622.A52234@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010522120432.04599e20@localhost> <20010522181937.I51400@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010522120432.04599e20@localhost> <20010523092559.B95221@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010523114529.050bbd30@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010523114529.050bbd30@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 11:47:43AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >It goes on to give examples through history -- piano rolls, for > >example, which appeared in the 19th century. Does that fit with > >your definition of "current"? > > Just one of many examples of situations in which the law needed > to be modified to account for technology. So? So? So her essential point, which you will not understand since you refuse to read the thing except what I quote at you (and only selectively at that -- you ignored the next quote I supplied), is that the "general public" has not benefited for over 100 years from the modifications to copyright law. They do not sit at committees; their interests are not represented. It is a monopoly of content producers, a cartel, and she makes it quite clear she has no sympathy with it. And it does not date from 1984 (the year of Richard Stallman). It dates at least from the late 19th century. If you want to read an anti-Stallman position in her document, that's your misinterpretation. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message