time for a reminder
- From: Bowerbird@[redacted]
- Subject: time for a reminder
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:12:35 EDT
it's probably as good a time as any for a reminder...
the content cartels want to curtail our ability to copy.
that's just plain nonsense!
this new capability to copy at virtually zero cost is
a _blessing_ common sense _requires_us_ to use,
wisely, for the good of the species and the planet.
_that_ is our imperative, and it is a compelling one...
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i've been looking for an article that i thought was entitled
"beyond scarcity" by john perry barlow. couldn't find that,
but i did come up with "a declaration of the independence
of cyberspace" by him, which was refreshing to read again:
> http://homes.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html
these lines in particular struck me:
> I declare the global social space we are building to be
> naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to
> impose on us. You have no moral right to rule us
> nor do you possess any methods of enforcement
> we have true reason to fear.
and it goes on with:
> Governments derive their just powers
> from the consent of the governed.
> You have neither solicited nor received ours.
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also useful to refresh our enthusiasm
is barlow's "economy of ideas", found at:
> http://homes.eff.org/~barlow/EconomyOfIdeas.html
-bowerbird