On 24/03/14 04:11 PM, James Morris wrote: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:56:58 -0700 > Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 23/03/14 02:44 PM, James Morris wrote: >>> >>> Then I thought about how the relevant politicians are going to be >>> up to their eyeballs in this sort of whining >> >> The more people write, the more votes they'll see in it. > > What struck my mind was the possibility they'll see a greater need for > this kind of behaviour (fair use copying/parody/etc) to be criminalized.
Oh there'd really be no need for further legislation to do that. :-) >>> and why the hell shouldn't I pay. >> >> Because you already bought it? > > Yes, in a format for a particular device type. If I want to listen to > it using other devices... Ah yes, there's a vague memory of the > argument here... it's all digital... or am I straying into > relativism? hmmm I honestly don't know anything other than I probably > shouldn't try to argue unpopular points of view with people on the > internet. IMO it's more platonism. The idea that "the work" is information independent from its substrate and that we are buying that substrate-independent form. It's a bit Cartesian and a bit Shannon and a bit idealistic. - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
