I was thinking while reading this...some, if this were Dick Cheney type of a guy would be saying well now he's just being paid off by big Music and Movies. By the end that's what this seems to become, a collaboration editorial about the evils of music piracy. I think there are larger issues on the web they don't touch on...the various projects of scanning books frightens me because in 50 years or 100 will there be any paper books? Will one company or government have access to history and be able to edit it to their will as easily as we edit office docs? He decries the lack of punishment of music pirates, I can't seem to bring myself to care when drunk drivers can kill and pay less than someone who downloaded 24 songs. 1.9 million for 24 songs...when is the last time anyone saw someone pay like that for almost ANY crime?
There are real issues with piracy of intellectual property, but cases like the 2 million dollar fine make most dismiss piracy because those on the other side are so crazy about punishment. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the worst book reviews I've read in a long time. Quickly > devolves into some sort of editorial. > > > > A provocative article in Tuesday's Science Times (the New York Times > Science pages, http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/): > > > > "The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion" by John Tierney > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
