On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:54:18 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 09:41:25PM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote: > > There has been a lot of uproar about the recent NYT article that comes > > very close to accusing MythTV users of being TV pirates. At the request > > of a few people on #mythtv-users, I've posted both a letter and a > > petition, which will be sent to the Times in a week or two (depending on > > how many people sign). You can find them at: > > > > http://forevermore.net/mythtv/nyt/ > > > > Please don't overload my poor DSL line. :) > > > > The article was written by two folks. One, John Markoff, is a friend > of mine and I talked with him about the article. He indicated his own > desire had been to cover the innovation end, but the co-author (Manly), who > was the one who finished up the story, wanted to write more about the > filesharing aspects of it. > > So if even John couldn't get the story to come out as he wanted, I > don't hold a lot of hope for a letter. The letter is decent, and to > the point (usually only one point ever gets through in a letter to > the editor) but I've not known newspaper editors for being too sympathetic > to complaints about being associated with bad things by being in the > same story. But it doesn't hurt to try. >
My thought is it never hurts to gripe. Personally, I feel technologically-curious people don't stand up enough for themselves. It's bad enough to relish the "geek" persona, and accepting all the negative stereotypes that come with it. But we should draw the line there, and not let mass media outlets put us in company with criminals (I use that term loosely, as filesharing isn't patently illegal, just thought of that way by much of the public). Even if the letter isn't published, it at least may serve as a moderator for the next time an article on [Your favorite app here] is written. Southerners and technology lovers - the two groups most picked on by mass media today. -Andy
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