Phonopsia wrote: > So what are the general benefits to the public of copying? It sounds to me > that the benefit of copying is the unimpeded sharing of information. > Conceptually, this is a great idea. In practice I don't think this leaves us > any way to support an artistic community.
Perhaps. John Perry Barlow has something interesting thoughts on this: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.10/download.html I'm not as optimistic/enthusiastic as him, but there may be some validity in what he's saying. Otto