Re: copyright under stress

On Fri, Jun 02, 2000, Jeremy G. Byrne <jeremy[_at_]iz.org> wrote:
>
> On 05/31/2000, Kevin Grierson <kgrierson[_at_]wilsav.com> wrote:
> >
> > I submit that the reason people use gnutella is not to publically
> > disobey an unjust law, but to violate the law anonymously for their
> > own private benefit.
>
> I submit that the reason people use gnutella (and will use freenet
> and its successors) is to obtain information which is unnecessarily
> unavailable to them otherwise. Copyright prevents access to
> information and restricts the movement, reuse and ongoing
> development of that information

   I find it difficult to follow your post. How does copyright restrict my access to information?

Don Roemer
<droe2[_at_]earthlink.net> Received on Tue Jun 06 2000 - 23:43:02 GMT