I don't think it's hyperbolic, it's the business model: convert a piece the collective human intellect into property, collect rents, parlay a piece of the action into enough money to change the laws of property to protect your rents.
-- rec -- 2012/4/17 glen e. p. ropella <[email protected]> > Joseph Spinden wrote at 04/17/2012 09:21 AM: > > > http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012227143813304790.html > > "This is so much the case that it can't be long before reading a book - > making an unauthorised copy in your brain - is also made illegal." > > Sure, it's hyperbolic. But I like the sentiment... carrying things to > their "logical" conclusion ... or "runaway inference". It reminds me of > a few of my friends who are especially attached to the concept of > "downloading" their minds into a computer. > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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