On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:01:45PM -0400, Dennis McCunney wrote: > > Shouldn't they be removed altogether? Preveting copy is > > encouraging DRM. DRM should be flushed down the toilets. > > Won't happen. There are too many folks who are trying to make a living on > intellectual property, and want _some_ way of insuring they get paid for > what they do.
I write documentation and get paid for that - sometimes. I would not be confortable with making a living of DRM. It may means more money, but in the end it would restrict other people freedom. Instead of work depending on the restriction of freedom, I prefer no work at all or unqualified work. I'm lucky I don't have to take such a decision right now and can pick up the work I like but sorry I do have some ethics. If you take a work you don't like just for the money there's a nice word to describe that - not quite polite however. > Ask any author who has books in electronic format how they feel about > unrestricted distribtion of their copyrighted work without thier permission. Ask me. I'm fine with that - the businesses may not but it's their job to choose a new business model, not mine. > Intellectual property is _property_, just as material objects are. > Redistribution of copyrighted intellectual property with the express > permission of the rights holder is _theft_, pure and simple. As a member of the GNU project ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) I have a different opinion. Intellectual property only exists because the founding fathers thought it would help promoting science and knowledge. That's the goal. IP is just a mean to reach that goal. If it can be reached in other ways, with added benefits for the public (such as free redistribution) why should we keep the old schemes?? -- Guylhem P. Aznar Now *@externe.net ([EMAIL PROTECTED]>@metalab.unc.edu->@7un.org->@externe.net) http://externe.net/geekcode http://externe.net/photos GPG: 92EB37C1 DD11C9C9 20519D01 E8FA1B11 42975AF7 http://externe.net/pubkey _______________________________________________ plucker-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-dev
