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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:19:52 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Stallman stalls again
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <15021.56714.10595.213153@guru.mired.org>
References:  <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311235053.00e26140@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010306174618.N32515@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311230800.00e19bd0@localhost> <15020.28993.192354.986367@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312223234.0445f3a0@localhost> <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz>

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At 01:42 AM 3/13/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>> Actually, no, King's experiment has gone wrong, and much of the blame
>> lies with the specific implementation he devised. Some conspiracy
>> theorists have argued that it was designed to fail, but the more likely
>> explanation is that he simply doesn't understand the medium.
>
>I would argue that *nobody* understands the medium yet. That's why the
>publishers are scared stupid. They don't understand it, and are
>desperately trying to control it in order to preserve their profits.

It's not the medium that matters; it's PEOPLE and their behavior toward
one another. If King underestimated the amount of illegal copying that
would take place, it was because he didn't understand that unethical
people like Stallman and Barlow were urging people to steal -- or that
this "non-ethic" has become so common on the Internet.

--Brett


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