Re: [Trisquel-users] Talks about DRM

[kendell clark]

I'm stumped. Yes, we did exchange emails. Librevox is great, I didn't 
say it wasn't. My point was only that the publishers of books most 
likely won't think to create commons license their books. Their 
motivation is money, so that doesn't give them a reason. I was not 
advocating piracy, I don't know where you got that. People who are blind 
do have a system to get audio books and it's usually reliable. It's run 
by the government so some books don't make it. There's bookshare for 
text copies, which is much more reliable so yes, we do have ways of 
getting books. I do know how to torrent, but that wasn't my point 
either. I was simply stating that the average person doesn't realize how 
good they have it, with print books available. If ebooks take over 
they're seriously screwed. Audio books are also great, you can kick back 
and listen to a book. I wasn't attacking anyone and i thought I said 
that, but not sure. On 08/07/2013 05:17 PM, gnu...@lavabit.com wrote:
First, I was not ranting. Second, the only person I directly replied 
to was quantum gravity and it was a different separate reply.

As for what you write, I believe it was with you that I changed some 
emails the other week, but if it wasn't here goes some information.
People who need audio books (because they are blind, or just because 
they like to listen rather than read) are always up to download a 
pirate copy of a audio book. They know the websites by heart, they 
know the software they need to use and they will know how to use 
torrents better than even me! But you talk to them about Librivox 
project, and they will say they never heard of that! And keep in mind 
that Librivox has a perfect web interface which gives you:
-all the different versions of each audio book;
-the gutenberg text links;
-images in public domain related to the audio book;
How can you say that piracy is not evil and harms people when it helps 
preventing people to gain access and knowledge of free content like 
Librivox recordings???

I could maybe agree with you that you may actually want to read up to 
date books. But piracy will not solve that problem. When they bring 
piracy down for good, with a law like SOPA or PIPA, the companies will 
have a total monopoly and you will get stuck with that they give you. 
The solution would be to fight NOW to get freedom from that. Encourage 
writers and companies to provide free audio versions for blind people 
for example! Or just encourage a system that allows people to make a 
living out of Creative Commons licensed content. Make the world a 
better place, don't just sit back and enjoy piracy while you can! 
That's my whole point!