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Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:32:52 GMT
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Re: [idm] some gnutella words on napster
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You are talking about sex, right?
quoted 56 lines From: Wendy K <wendy@ninjatune.net>>From: Wendy K <wendy@ninjatune.net> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: [idm] some gnutella words on napster >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:16:43 +0100 > >There is a flaw in the logic of this. >Giving someone a light is a service. Unless you actually invented/ >created fire and or the match. Creating music is not a service. >People who create art, music, whatever should have the right to do >what they want with it; some choose to mortgage their house (ie big >advances, major labels); others choose to share it with their friends; >others choose to share it with friends who will agree to split whatever >profit they both make; and others (like myself) choose to keep their >creations private and not get entangled with lighting anyone's fire >(or cigarette) http://www.thetruth.com > > >>I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his >>cigarette. I suddenly realised that there was a demand here and money to >>be >>made, and so I agreed to light his cigarette for 10 pence, but I didn't >>actually give him a light, I sold him a license to burn his cigarette. My >>fire-license restricted him from giving the light to anybody else, after >>all, that fire was my property. He was drunk, and dismissing me as a >>loony, >>but accepted my fire (and by implication the licence which governed its >>use) anyway. Of course in a matter of minutes I noticed a friend of his >>asking him for a light and to my outrage he gave his cigarette to his >>friend and pirated my fire! I was furious, I started to make my way over >>to >>that side of the bar but to my added horror his friend then started to >>light other people's cigarettes left, right, and centre! Before long that >>whole side of the bar was enjoying MY fire without paying me anything. >>Enraged I went from person to person grabbing their cigarettes from their >>hands, throwing them to the ground, and stamping on them. >> >>Strangely the door staff exhibited no respect for my property rights as >>they threw me out the door. >> >>--Ian Clarke > > >W.E.N.D.Y.: Worker Engineered for Nocturnal Destruction and Yardwork >remember september 18 - >xen cuts is coming! >Xen Nites - 21 -24 Sept London >Xen Euorage - 8 Sept - 2 Oct >Xen USA - Oct/Nov - watch da rides >http://www.ninjatune.net >http://www.piratetv.net >http://www.ninjatune.net/solidsteel > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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