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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 22:38:21 GMT From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> Subject: fuck copyright (Re: Advertising Creepiness)

Who cares if it's legal or not.

Lot's of people.

I think the conclusion of crypto-anarchy is that copyright seems unlikely to survive as a schelling point for making money from publications.

Then crypto-anarchy is in for a big surprise.

You can make money from information provision by charging extra for up-to-date news, or by charging so little that the cost from the original provider is so low that it's not worth anyones time to redistribute it,

That's true now, why don't we see these effects...

or by providing higher bandwidth connection to the net than the mirrors,

Then why have the mirrors? There is also the issue of end-user bandwidth limitations and network delays that make this less than decisive. or by making do with click throughs from the

percentage of people who use the original rather than the cheaper mirror.

So, raise your rates to license the mirror.

To say it's "not legal to republish" is saying what? that you think

It's saying it's not right for a 3rd party to derive profit or income from that work without a percentage being channeled back to the original author (at least for a limited time). ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------