From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 14 2: 9:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A60A37B752 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:09:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA10377; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:09:17 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010313211657.00e294a0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:19:52 -0700 To: Mike Meyer , Craig Harding From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <15021.56714.10595.213153@guru.mired.org> References: <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311235053.00e26140@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010306174618.N32515@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010311230800.00e19bd0@localhost> <15020.28993.192354.986367@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312223234.0445f3a0@localhost> <3AADC096.DE27817@outpost.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:42 AM 3/13/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: >> Actually, no, King's experiment has gone wrong, and much of the blame >> lies with the specific implementation he devised. Some conspiracy >> theorists have argued that it was designed to fail, but the more likely >> explanation is that he simply doesn't understand the medium. > >I would argue that *nobody* understands the medium yet. That's why the >publishers are scared stupid. They don't understand it, and are >desperately trying to control it in order to preserve their profits. It's not the medium that matters; it's PEOPLE and their behavior toward one another. If King underestimated the amount of illegal copying that would take place, it was because he didn't understand that unethical people like Stallman and Barlow were urging people to steal -- or that this "non-ethic" has become so common on the Internet. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message