Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 21:38:26 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Publishers attacks on public rights. Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504213229.043f5460@localhost> In-Reply-To: <15090.63303.376643.993390@guru.mired.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504122121.04699dc0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504093633.045b1850@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504091914.0467d5b0@localhost> <15090.43795.549818.410213@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504122121.04699dc0@localhost>
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At 12:39 PM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: >> At 09:51 AM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >> >Considering that we're dealing with a group that has publicly stated >> >policies of replacing fair use with a per-use charge and doing away >> >with the doctrine of first sale... >> A "group?" > >Well, while they are communicative, I wouldn't associate with them. There are many other people in the FreeBSD community who are publishers. Guess you'd better drop out.... You might otherwise associate with many "e-vile" people. >No, most software publishers just stop at denying the public any >rights, but don't do anything to actually enforce it. Not so. Many of them DO enforce it. >It's the major >content publishers - Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM and their ilk - that >are taking away the rights of the public. That they also make life >difficult for small publishers is undoubtedly just gravy to them. One way in which the few nasty large publishers make life difficult for smaller ones is that they turn loose rabid folk like yourself, who then do their work for them. >You accusing someone of blind rage and sweeping, alarmist >generalizations is absolutly *hilarious*. No, it's disturbing. Especially since I seem to encounter it so much among people who should know better but have become raving zealots like yourself. > What's really sad is that >your attacks are aimed at people who are fighting for *your* rights as >well. Not at all. You're fighting to destroy my rights as an author, publisher, musician, and programmer. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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