On 30/10/2007, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30/10/2007, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/29/07, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > On Monday 29 October 2007 18:47, Dave Crossland wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Asking people to agree not share with friends and betray their > > > > > community is evil :-( > > > > > > > > No, it's not. > > > > > > Yes it is. Not sharing is a bad thing. > > > > When he says sharing, Dave always means stealing. > > Dave wants everything for nothing. > > I agree that Dave is in the wrong
Okay, asking people to agree not share with friends and betray their community is making the world ugly, but it isn't really "evil." What is evil is making anti-sharing technology and then laws which make it illegal to make technology that enables sharing, which is how DRM works, and why there is such massive outrage with the BBC for using DRM in the iPlayer. > but please stop equating copyright infringement to theft. Yes, please! -- Regards, Dave This post is completely personal opinion. - 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]/
