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So the CRIA is trying really hard to get their fingers up the asses of highspeed ISPs in Canada by disputing consumers rights to anonymity on their services. But from a technical standpoint this is absurd. What if I have a wireless access point? Anyone nearby can log on and smear my IP and MAC address all over Kazaa. It's just impractical to prove anything. Any so called "network forensic evidence" from slimey Intellectual Property racketeers like MediaSentry is really utterly disputable. It's like trying to prove who was watching the TV in a shop window. Nearly impossible without monitoring every shop window with a television in it.
Ultimately we have to ask ourselves one questiion: What kind of society do we want to live in?
The corporatization of information doesn't look like a useful thing for society to me. At what point does sweeping copyright law and automation start to automate and charge for aspects of culture that throughout history have been provided for free or on an honour system? I don't want to have to provide personal credentials or liability to have access to information because some people are losing revenue. The logical quantum leap that pirated material directly or even indirectly equates lost revenue still baffles me. If somebody can point out an explaination of that to me I'd be absolutely fascinated to see how that works. And what about the positive effects of piracy? I don't know a single geek who hasn't acquired much of his or her skills using unlicensed software of various discriptions. These are a few loopholes of an Intellectual Property system that must be addressed before issues of so-called "piracy". Otherwise it's just racketeering.
Ultimately we have to ask ourselves one questiion: What kind of society do we want to live in?
The corporatization of information doesn't look like a useful thing for society to me. At what point does sweeping copyright law and automation start to automate and charge for aspects of culture that throughout history have been provided for free or on an honour system? I don't want to have to provide personal credentials or liability to have access to information because some people are losing revenue. The logical quantum leap that pirated material directly or even indirectly equates lost revenue still baffles me. If somebody can point out an explaination of that to me I'd be absolutely fascinated to see how that works. And what about the positive effects of piracy? I don't know a single geek who hasn't acquired much of his or her skills using unlicensed software of various discriptions. These are a few loopholes of an Intellectual Property system that must be addressed before issues of so-called "piracy". Otherwise it's just racketeering.
