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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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Public libraries now have e-books, etc (which are much more similar to file sharing than printed books), but they pay the publishers an absolute FORTUNE for the rights. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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He does make a good point, to a degree. This part for mine invalidates his argument.
Quote: | British Parliament at the time, unlike today’s politicians, wisely disagreed with the publishing industry lobby – the copyright industry of the time. Instead, they saw the economic value in an educated and cultural populace, and passed a law allowing free public libraries in 1850, so that local libraries were built throughout Britain, where the public could take part of knowledge and culture for free.
In other words, they made explicit exceptions to the copyright monopoly for the benefit of public access to culture and knowledge. |
There's not a lot of being able to download the latest movie that relates to the principle of sharing culture and knowledge, particularly when people will have access to those movies on FTA TV if they just wait a while _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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