On 2014/Jan/27, at 12:59 PM, Dr Bob Jansen (in Korea) wrote: > Kim, > > not sure why this means copyright is dead. As a cynic, I would assume > that privacy will be gone.
That was my take too, as a pessimistic cynic. Although lots of internet engineers are looking to give us privacy using technical means. If they succeed the result will be the loss of copyright. > After all, the powers that be don't want > whistleblowers, a free press, wikileaks, etc. In conjunction with the > real powers, ie. the large corporations, they'll get rid of privacy as a > 'good for society' thing and copyright will thrive as a by product > continuing to make them lots of moolah. > > bobj > > > On 27/01/14 10:47 AM, Kim Holburn wrote: >> http://torrentfreak.com/why-the-copyright-industry-is-doomed-in-one-single-sentence-140126/ >> >>> Any digital, private communications channel can be used for private >>> protected correspondence, or to transfer works that are under copyright >>> monopoly. >>> In order to prevent copyright monopoly violations from happening in such >>> channels, the only means possible is to wiretap all private digital >>> communications to discover when copyrighted works are being communicated. >>> As a side effect, you would eliminate private communications as a concept. >>> There is no way to sort communications into legal and illegal without >>> breaching the postal secret – the activity of sorting requires observation. >>> Therefore, as a society, we are at a crossroads where we can make a choice >>> between privacy and the ability to communicate in private, with all the >>> other things that depend on that ability (like whistleblower protections >>> and freedom of the press), or a distribution monopoly for a particular >>> entertainment industry. These two have become mutually exclusive and cannot >>> coexist, which is also why you see the copyright industry lobbying so hard >>> for more surveillance, wiretapping, tracking, and data retention (they >>> understand this perfectly). >> > > -- > -------------------------------- > Dr Bob Jansen > Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd > PO Box 26, Erskineville NSW 2043, Australia > Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 > Ph (Australia) +61 414 297 448 > Resume: http://au.linkedin.com/in/bobjan > Skype: bobjtls > http://www.turtlelane.com.au > > In line with the Australian anti-spam legislation, if you wish to receive no > further email from me, please send me an email with the subject "No Spam" > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
