Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:25:11 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <15023.32583.954398.211811@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost> 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> <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > 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. I think you're simply being inflamatory again, but will give you a chance to prove it. Can you provide a pointer to an RMS paper where he encourages people to steal, as opposed to arguing for making the copyright laws recognize the reality of the digital age - or doing away with them, which is the simplest way to do that? <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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