begin quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 08:35:59PM -0700: [Chris, why do you delete attributions?] > > Sorry, you lost credibility in your very first sentence when you asked > > "isn't [downloading] content still unethical behavior?". > > [chop]
> Time and time again US has struck a *balance* between competing > interests striving for fairness for both sides. Yup! > A better question than, "Is downloading illegal" would be... Foul! You're shifting the debate from "unethical" to "illegal". > "How can we allow downloading while still being fair to musicians, fans > and everyone else involved?" Well, iTunes answered that. But that's not a good enough compromise for a lot of people. There are some folks who want to be able to download anything for free. They don't want a balance -- they want everything to be in the public domain (at least for them) immediately. They've discovered the essential lesson of the extremist -- if you adopt an extreme position, and refuse to budge, repeated application of "striking a balance" moves the "centrist" issue in your direction. But isn't this heading off towards koolerland? -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
