quoted 4 lines Jeff, do you mind if I cut and paste this to Slashdot/Fark/wherever>Jeff, do you mind if I cut and paste this to Slashdot/Fark/wherever
>the next time people post that music should be free, and that bands
>all make money touring?
>
tying in the copyright debacle of wednesday, you could add this, too,
from a journal I'm working on today:
"When properly balanced," [Siva] Vaidhyanathan contends,
" copyright allows users to enjoy the benefits of cultural
proliferation at relatively low cost through a limited state-granted
monopoly. Libraries help that process by letting the wealthy
subsidize information for the poor. And a thin, leaky copyright
system allows people to comment on copyrighted works, make copies for
teaching and research, and record their favorite programs for later
viewing. Eventually, a copyright runs out, and the work enters the
"public domain" for all of us to enjoy at an even lower cost. But
when constructed recklessly [to protect the publisher and not the
free flow of information,] copyright can once again be an instrument
of censorship. "
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I really like this job sometimes :)
derek
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