nbruce writes “Someone noted the publication of Anarchist in the Library in a Journal entry. There is a Q & A or FAQ at the Lessig blog from sometime in early May. Symbol and metaphor, not a real library, so relax.
The anarchist is a specter. It’s a symbol of an imagined threat. There are powerful forces trying to close up our information worlds so they can control its flows and charge admission. To accomplish their goals, they raise fears about “anarchists in libraries,� uncontrollable, dangerous forces threatening us from within. The library is a metaphor for our information ecosystems. I argue we should be as careful with our information ecosystems as we should be with our real ecosystems. Small changes can have huge effects.
I don’t know about others, but I never did have control or distribution rights when movies were on reels showing at the local theatre, and I’m not sure why I should have that “right to information” when movies are on DVDs.”
Terrible Analogy; Intellectual Property “Rights”
So, never having a right implies that you never should have a right, correct? Draw your own faulty conclusions from there.
“Intellectual property” is nothing more than an unjustified, widely abused, government-granted monopoly on a non-scarce resource; I say this not as a socialist, but as a libertarian.
The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property Rights
your faulty DVD analogy
Did you ever make a mix tape and give it to a friend? If you did, you assumed the music in your collection was yours since you bought it, right?
Now let’s substitute “mix tape” with “DVD”. Why should it be different?