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| DATE | 2003-08-12 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Fwd: [NMLUG] OT Law. (fwd)
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It would be more fun to respond to the rsponses :)
Ruben
On 2003.08.12 20:24 Steve Milo wrote:
>
> I recently responded to a topic about copying music on the New Mexico
> Linux Users Group.
>
> Anyone care to comment on what I sent?
> Let me know if I've lost my marbles, am right on the money or somewhere
> in between.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve M
>
>
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:20:42 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Steve Milo
> > Reply-To: nmlug-at-nmlug.org
> > To: nmlug-at-nmlug.org
> > Subject: [NMLUG] OT Law.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all, I was hoping I could have introduced myself under better
> > cirucmstances but I have strong beliefs on this topic.
> >
> > There some fundamental flaws with how the DMCA is currently structured.
> >
> > I will give a shining example.
> >
> > I know a Unix system admin who had resigned from NYU because NYU's
> > dental
> > school has decided to employ 'ebooks' instead of regular text books.
> >
> > The students are forced to pay a yearly fee *every* year if they want
> > to
> > keep their text books. That is, a yearly fee forever. Also the
> > students
> > are restricted from sharing their 'ebooks' with other students.
> > The DMCA protects this company with the current copyright laws, all
> > this
> > company does is transfer regular text books to an electronic form. In
> > this case a cdrom. So in essence this is one copyright law protecting
> > yet another copyright law, one layer ontop of another.
> >
> > The basic premise of a free society is the free exchange of
> > information,
> > how do you think our beloved operating system has managed to mature to
> > the
> > level it has today? How do you think our country as a whole has
> > managed
> > to advance so quickly in just two hundred years? The citizens werent
> > extorted into paying for every last bit of gaining knowledge.
> > Why is it that religion makes such inroads in our culture? Go to
> > just about any hotel and you will find a bible in the table next to the
> > bed. You can read it without paying a licensning fee.
> >
> > Yes artists should be paid for their efforts (personally I think they
> > should put out something worth paying for first), however that
> > protection
> > should be like the contsitution intended. In limited scope and time,
> > they were well aware back then how important information sharing is.
> >
> > The milk man argument can be used in the case of our public libraries.
> > If we go into a public library we are taking away the ability for
> > publishers to earn a living....or are we? If I were to find a book I
> > truly enjoyed I would most likely go out and buy a copy for myself.
> > I personally dont go to public libraires anymore because sadly it has
> > become hard to find anything worth reading.
> >
> > Music sharing.
> > I know for a fact that if someone where to share a song
> > that they enjoyed with me and I liked it I would go out and buy an
> > original copy. I have done it before. No! I am *not* taking away an
> > income source from anyone in that food chain. I resent being
> > blackmailed
> > into buying something without trying it first. I go to a jean store, I
> > try the jeans on before I buy. Lets say a friend of mine has a pair
> > of
> > jeans he doesnt need. My friend gives them to me, I dont have to pay a
> > relicensing fee for ownership transfer. I dont pay a relicesing fee
> > for
> > borrowing that pair of jeans.
> >
> > Milk is a poor example because it is something that can be consumed.
> > Gasonline can be consumed. We pay for the product, if we let someone
> > borrow our car they dont have to pay a licensing fee for the gasonline
> > they use.
> >
> > No, I have a problem with the way our current copyright law are
> > structured. Information is *not* a chicken and the egg dilemna.
> > Information comes from a person defining an abstraction.
> >
> > Our current copyright laws protect only big corporations who have
> > a vested interest in monopolizing that.
> > Perhaps the federal goverment should implement a beurau that will
> > license
> > every citizen for the priveledge of using the english language.
> > After all how is any of this information being define? Not through
> > smoke signals.
> >
> > Lasly, let me introduce myself properly.
> > My name is Steve Milovidov, I'm from Brooklyn NY and I have been in
> > Belen
> > for about 8 months. I was employed as a perl/shell script writer
> > programmer on Wall Street in NYC. I was laid off in December and
> > decided
> > to come here to stay with my mom for a while. I feel strongly about
> > Open Source Software because our industry is being used as a political
> > tool. I'm looking for work in the Linux field.
> >
> > Thanks for listening to my rant,
> > Steve M
> >
> >
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