Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 17:53:58 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306174928.00d45220@localhost> In-Reply-To: <018801c0a67d$0d64b340$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <15013.13530.718675.101675@guru.mired.org>
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At 01:33 PM 3/6/2001, David Schwartz wrote: > This is where I think many people agree the DMCA has gone _way_ too >far. I'm as much a diehard supporter of intellectual property rights as >anyone, but I can't see any logical connection between the DMCA's >'anti-circumvention' provisions and legitimate property rights. I agree. Especially when the "anti-circumvention" provision precludes access by people who actually have the right to use the content. > I think one of the reasons we have such problems is because our >copyright and patent scheme isn't based upon any legitimate moral >foundation. I disagree. I think that there is a general consensus that authors do have moral rights, and at least some of the current laws are honest efforts to protect them. The DMCA is not one of those laws, though. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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