The Capitalist Music Industry is Obsolete

1999-11-30 Thread Cynthia Cuza
This article is relevant I think to the discussion on intellectual property. THE CAPITALIST MUSIC INDUSTRY IS OBSOLETE: WHAT CAN TAKE ITS PLACE? A music industry that prices music out of the reach of tens of millions of people, intentionally keeps most music off the radio, and censors

Mail Lists Response to Paine's AGRARIAN JUSTICE on the Internet

1999-11-30 Thread WesBurt
To: Opponents of a general solution to the Global Problematic on several mail lists. Good day, Folks, I hope that someone will suggest a "no fault" explanation of the pattern of repeated copies I have received since I posted "Paine's AGRARIAN JUSTICE on the Internet" to my copy list.

GANGSTER CAPITALISM

1999-11-30 Thread Johnny Holiday/John A. Taube
GANGSTER CAPITALISM Letter to the Editor SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 29, 1999 San Francisco, California Dear Editor: One reason that you have an interesting paper is because of your section “Notes from here and there” by Lewis Dolinsky. I feel that one statement in his Nov.

e-mail surcharge by US Postal Svce??

1999-11-30 Thread Steve Kurtz
I received this privately, and am skeptical. Anyone else hear about it? I'll do a search for the alleged legal firm report back. Steve Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay on-line and continue using email: The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in

RE: e-mail surcharge by US Postal Svce??

1999-11-30 Thread Michael Gurstein
This is one of those urban legends that goes back and forth on the net without any evident substance. MG -Original Message- From: Steve Kurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:27 PM To: futurework Subject: e-mail surcharge by US Postal Svce?? I received

Re: Knowledge - The New Frontier ( for exploitation ! )

1999-11-30 Thread Steve Kurtz
Greetings, There is a long history of personal property acquisition by governing bodies for various reasons. The notion of "Eminent Domain" is written in laws in the US; I'm not familiar with other countries. Of course the criteria for the grab can vary from road building to reservoir

Re: Knowledge - The New Frontier ( for exploitation ! )

1999-11-30 Thread Christoph Reuss
John Courtneidge wrote: Ä Firstly, all knowledge pre-exists our discovery of it, and, so, any ^ individual or group claim upon it, is theft from the commonweal. (Issac Newton, for example, didn't invent gravity nor the various

Re: FW Techno-Eugenics Email List newsletter #3 (fwd)

1999-11-30 Thread Christoph Reuss
Brad McCormick wrote: No doubt it is true that genetic engineering -- especially under conditions of late-capitalism, will create many not just problems, but straightforward injury and harm. But I fail to see where the pre- diagnosed/manipulated genes that cause hemophilia, various

Re: Fw: NYT on the Future

1999-11-30 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Michael Gurstein wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Podobnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 12:17 PM Subject: NYT on the Future You may find this editorial from the New York Times interesting. It addresses

Re: FW Techno-Eugenics Email List newsletter #3 (fwd)

1999-11-30 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Christoph Reuss wrote: Brad McCormick wrote: No doubt it is true that genetic engineering -- especially under conditions of late-capitalism, will create many not just problems, but straightforward injury and harm. But I fail to see where the pre- diagnosed/manipulated genes that