Re: "Against Intellectual Property"

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Eric Eldred <eldred[_at_]eldritchpress.org> wrote:
> >
> > Those of you who are not Slashdot readers might not be aware of
> > this link,
> >
> > http://danny.oz.au/free-software/advocacy/against_IP.html
> >
> > "Against Intellectual Property," chapter of a book,
> > "Information Liberation," by Brian Martin.
>
> Here's another article in the LA Times with a similar message:
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> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/20000729/t000071270.html

Thanks, Bryan and Eric, for giving me the heartiest chuckle I have had in the last ten days or so.

Did anyone else note the absurdity of these links? In the first instance on SlashDot, the article argues against the premise of intellectual property, but the preceding paragraph says (obviously not verbatim), "Hey, this is only a single chapter of a book that isn't available online, and if you want to order it, it costs $7.95". In the second link, the LA Times staff writer lists a litany of reasons that copyright law is essentially obsolete -- and right below the writing credits, there is a link telling me as the reader that I can look at the archives for free, but it will cost me if I want to retrieve a copy.

I'm quite sure I cannot be the only one noting the irony.

Regards,
Marty

Marty Hayes
<9ball[_at_]hostsite.net> Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 15:51:17 GMT