Re: [SLE] [OT] Intellectual property, sw, books... was: pdf questions

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 11:43:05 AM +0200, Carlos
E. R. (robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

This is obviously way way off topic. But I'm pretty sure nobody
reads the OT list--I don't even know how to access it, and I wouldn't--
BUT: it pisses me off that stuff that is out of print--not only
printed materials, but musical recordings--for 60 years, cannot
be reproduced on the 'net
[...]

I agree.

And probably these abuses "promotes" the existence and increase of
the "freloaders" the mentioned essay talk about.

Just to make my position clear:

What I say in that essay is that the abuses are an excellent excuse
for the freeloaders and that the freeloaders are an the best excuse
the corporations may dream of to push abuse to the point where it
cannot be stopped or circumvented:

1) millions of not-exactly-smart people download everything they find
"just because", "information wants to be free" etc...

2) ...giving corporations *objective* data on which they can build plausible
assumptions ("100 millions downloads = 100 millions dollars less =
1000000 jobs lost") with which to lobby TC and similar stuff that
CANNOT be broken via software..

3) ... politicians approve laws which make TC hardware mandatory

4) ... as soon as your current PC or DVD player breaks, you're screwed
for good

Multinationals live one quarter at a time. A 6/9 months astension from
illegal downloads would make 1) disappear and hurt their stocks so
badly that they would stop with 2) and 3)

Of course, in order for this to happen, people should think and look a
bit farther than their own Ipod...

End of the rant of this list, as far as I am concerned. Whoever wants
to continue the discussion offline is welcome to contact me.

I'll close, however, with a kind request to forward
http://digifreedom.net/node/74 to all the parents or teacher
associations you know, since I do need feedback there.

Ciao,
Marco


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