Well, Henry III tried to throw out the Magna Carta too, and look where it got him.
That darned French influence I suppose - Eleanor of Provence and her cronies at court, no doubt with the first reading of HADOPI. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM, David Tomlinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Lockwood wrote: >>> >>> It is my genuine position. Abolishing copyright would achieve exactly >>> what >>> I want. >>> >> >> This is what it all boils down to whenever the "let's abolish >> copyright for the good of society". It's actually about "let's >> abolish copyright for my own personal benefit". You simply don't want >> to have to pay for anything, and I'm guessing you don't produce >> anything creative, hence you don't benefit from copyright. >> >> It's the "me, me, me, me, me!" argument again - have you been down the >> pub with Dave Crossland too often? ;-) >> > It's why not do a thought experiment, after all there are several million > people on the Internet, who intend to practice it. > > The attempts to prevent them are the real danger to society. > > Lord Mandeleson, and the French want to throw out the Magna Carta, and the > whole legal system to maintain it. > > Content Vendors want to lock down every piece of consumer electronics. > and impose huge costs on society. > > > - > 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]/ > - 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]/
