On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Charles Morris <cmor...@cs.odu.edu> wrote:
> Dear Valdis and whoever else; > > The really ridiculous points are the following: > A) Every time you execute/install/download a program you are > committing evil data theft by not only copying > "secret" or "illegal" information into > RAM/Disk/Registers/Buffers/Busses/photons coming off the screen/human > memory/history of the universe but potentially not just your physical > property but on hundreds of routers and deduplication boxen around the > earth. > which is allowed to you by the copyright holders. > B) You can't "copyright" or "own" a number, all digital > representations are numbers, due to the boolean nature (no fuzzy > data), etc. > sadly one can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime > C) Any data is a form of any other data given a specific transform, > e.g. manifold / encryption key + algo, something as trivial as XOR > and? > D) You guys already know these points so why do we even care anymore > about what these people say? Why even have these conversations. They > will never stop. It's about greed and shortsightedness, not about what > is moral or logical. Just try to ignore them or change the subject > when the parrots start talking. > you can't ignore them until the law is supporting them. > > And to preempt the flames from the blind, Yes I feel artists should be > compensated for their contribution. agree -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
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