Re: A Radical Thesis

John's radical thesis is not unlike that which John Perry Barlow has been traveling around and preaching since at least his Wired article, if not before.

I think the, or at least one fundamental error is in failing to distinguish between the "right" and the legal means of enforcing the right or obtaining redress for infringement of the right, and the practical method of protecting the work. The fact that it's easier to copy simply means that if someone doesn't want their work copied, then s/he either doesn't put it on a computer network, or finds means to protect, e.g. encrypt, it.

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