Dave Crossland wrote: > On 31/10/2007, Deirdre Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> File sharing between friends is essential for friendship >> ??? > > I'll try again: > > File sharing is an definitive part of friendship in the 21st century, > in parts of the world with high density access to computers. > > Example: Your friend sends you an instant message, "Have you seen > [random-artistic-work]?" and you reply "No, but send me a copy and I > will." and they initiate the file transfer, or send you the torrent > file.
Your argument as a justification for ethical validity doesn't hold up. In certain parts of the world acid and heroin are de rigeur. In others so is gang culture, knives and violence. So that's OK then? "It was peer pressure wot made me do it m'lord. Can I go now?" <sigh> Not only that - you present a deranged and unreasonable face for anti-DRM and you've managed to change the subject and lose an opportunity to demolish the BBCs purported reasons behind iPlayer DRM. You're not a Microsoft shill are you? Seriously? If not then I suggest you go onto the web and lookup 'Advocacy' - there's a lot of good stuff - much of it freely shareable. David - 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]/
