A political debate on Internet freedoms
The BBC has recently posted a great article containing two interviews, a sort of dualist view on the issue of internet piracy.
The speakers are the real joy here, for starters, you have Dan Glickman, president of the Motion Picture Association. Guess what side he's on? On the other side of the bench you have John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and lyricist for THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
The article is quite good, I highly recommend reading it in it's entirety, but overall it's some great banter back and forth on topics within this field. Barlow has a tendency to make a point that he's still fairly well to do, despite the Dead's habit of letting people record their shows.
Glickman seems to be taking the stance of they will not continue to make shit loads if they allow this to continue, as opposed to saying that they will make slightly less shit loads. But I would argue that slightly less than shit loads is still, mathematically proven (I had an engineer do the proof), shit loads.
But the article culminates with the last few lines said by Barlow.
"I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.
The speakers are the real joy here, for starters, you have Dan Glickman, president of the Motion Picture Association. Guess what side he's on? On the other side of the bench you have John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and lyricist for THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
The article is quite good, I highly recommend reading it in it's entirety, but overall it's some great banter back and forth on topics within this field. Barlow has a tendency to make a point that he's still fairly well to do, despite the Dead's habit of letting people record their shows.
Glickman seems to be taking the stance of they will not continue to make shit loads if they allow this to continue, as opposed to saying that they will make slightly less shit loads. But I would argue that slightly less than shit loads is still, mathematically proven (I had an engineer do the proof), shit loads.
But the article culminates with the last few lines said by Barlow.
"I've got good news and bad news and good news. And the good news is that you guys have managed to buy every major legislative body on the planet, and the courts are even with you. So you've done a great job there and you should congratulate yourself.
But you know the problem is - the bad news is that you're up against a dedicated foe that is younger and smarter that you are and will be alive when you're dead. You're 55 years old and these kids are 17 and they're just smarter than you. So you're gonna lose that one.
But the good news is that you guys are mean sons of bitches and you've been figuring out ways of ripping off audiences and artists for centuries....." - Barlow
\\drew
posted by Drew at 3:14 PM
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