Re: when did piracy/theft become expression of freedom

[Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l () gmail com>]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charles Morris <cmorris () cs odu edu> wrote:

> Dear Valdis and whoever else;
>
> The really ridiculous points are the following:
> A) Every time you execute/install/download a program you are
> committing evil data theft by not only copying
> "secret" or "illegal" information into
> RAM/Disk/Registers/Buffers/Busses/photons coming off the screen/human
> memory/history of the universe but potentially not just your physical
> property but on hundreds of routers and deduplication boxen around the
> earth.

which is allowed to you by the copyright holders.


> B) You can't "copyright" or "own" a number, all digital
> representations are numbers, due to the boolean nature (no fuzzy
> data), etc.

sadly one can:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime


> C) Any data is a form of any other data given a specific transform,
> e.g. manifold / encryption key + algo, something as trivial as XOR

and?


> D) You guys already know these points so why do we even care anymore
> about what these people say? Why even have these conversations. They
> will never stop. It's about greed and shortsightedness, not about what
> is moral or logical. Just try to ignore them or change the subject
> when the parrots start talking.

you can't ignore them until the law is supporting them.


> And to preempt the flames from the blind, Yes I feel artists should be
> compensated for their contribution.


agree

-- 
Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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