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Re: Intellectual Property Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:57:09 GMT
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Welcome to 20 minutes into the future, people. Copyrights are dead. Patents
are dead. IP is dead. Digital means infinitely reproducible.
And as William Gibson has observed: “the street has its own uses for things.”
It’s not a matter of what is right or wrong, legal or illegal -- it’s just the
way it is and is going to be for quite a while.
Couple P2P with the encrypted anonymous sending and recieving of information and
the game is over. All they can do is throttle the bandwidth. They probably
won’t be able to tell what you are getting or sending.
You are merely observing the process of the beast in its death throws. You can
still hear its angry cries, but soon it will be silent and still. Give it time.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) I kind of agree with this. The question is how will the world proceed? What new mechanisms will arise to encourage artists to produce? I see a slight potential of a period of time where the availability of new art plummets. Another question is (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Isn't the whole point of making a copy so you can still use the material even if the original is damaged. Unless the record company can prove you did not purchase the CD in the first place they should not have a case against you. (...) I think (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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