On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > In another example, I think DMCA and DRM and treacherous computing are > evil. Why? For instance, I happen to own the latest Diana Krall CD. If > you ask me to burn a copy for you, I will refuse, and I hope we can > remain friends after that. I will, without any reservation, rip tracks > out of the six or seven Diana Krall CDs that I own and burn a CD of > favourites to listen to in my car, as a matter of fair use. The reason > for my refusal to do the same for you is that I recognize the freedom > of Diana Krall and the recording studio to impose restrictions on > distribution of the CD and to earn profit from such distribution. What > I object to in the legislation in question is what is tantamount to > outlawing CD burners because they will let me to make a copy for > you. That *is* evil. However, I suspect that Stallman > ideologically goes futher than me in his objections. Maybe he > doesn't. I suspect he does though, because he comes from the culture > or totally unrestricted sharing of information (I am reading "Hackers" > now, and Levy describes that well), and he applies that ethics as > widely as he can.
Well, according to RMS, Diana Krall has no basic right to impose restrictions on you. Copyright law was designed to create more original works by giving the author a limited right to restrict copying. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html Alon -- This message was sent by Alon Altman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ICQ:1366540 The RIGHT way to contact me is by e-mail. I am otherwise nonexistent :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=[ Random Fortune ]=- QOTD: The only easy way to tell a hamster from a gerbil is that the gerbil has more dark meat. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
