On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Travis Bemann wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 10:44:32AM -0700, colbyd wrote: > > I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that elite producers will not win > > the content-control battle. > > > > why?: > > > > 1. asymmetrical bandwidth access--consumers can't run servers; download > > speeds much higher than ul speeds; use of virtual private networks to > > reduce content-serving by end-users, etc. > > This is why we need to create are own parallel net, not just with > things like Freenet, but with things like Ethernet, HPNA, 802.11g. > However, this parallel net has to be patched into the "main" Internet > in a manner that doesn't put at the mercy of the whims of cable > companies and such - which means doing phreaking-like things such as > connecting it to the net through regularly locating new 802.11b leaks > (i wonder how long it'll take before they'll actually start switching > to 802.11g - until then, their internal wireless nets are practically > wide open, even if they do have WEP enabled, which they usually don't) > from corporate intranets and physically modifying Internet equipment > to surreptitiously connect it with the parallel net. Freenet alone > won't cut it.
What is the going price of T1 these days? > > 7. generally, all of this aimed at information enclosure aided by the > > expansion of intellectual property rights. > > Which also shows why we MUST abandon legalism. By acknowledging > things like intellectual property laws, you give them power over you. > We must not only get over the squeamishness about "breaking the law," > but we must also abandon the whole concept of the law. Furthermore, > we must eliminate any idea of the "legitimacy" of the police and BSA > thugs et al - we must view and treat them as really just a bunch of > marauding corporate enforcers and bandits. If you are implying that we should abandon copyright all together I honestly do not think it needs to come to that. What we do need to remember is the definition of copyright as given in the US Constitution: "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." See http://www.open-spaces.com/article-v2n1-loren.php for a rather good, yet long, article on the matter. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
