On 15/06/07, Ian Betteridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you want to win over content creators *show* them how they can make as much money through sharing as they can make from restricting sharing.
This is like arguing that a dictator will start free elections if it can be down the economy will run higher. Having free elections is simply more important than the state of the economy. It's _wrong_ to have crooked elections. Similarly, its misguided to justify freedom of speech because it will make authors more money. That may or may not be true - its irrelevant. Freedom of speech is critical for a free healthy, free society. So production companies who ask to justify software freedom and file sharing on the basis of how much money it makes are missing the point. We must not restrict sharing because it is unethical. We must not use proprietary software because it is unethical. -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
