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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: pirate bay, w3m, and the interface is just an interface (BEST post ever) |
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Sun, 14 Dec 2014 15:59:21 +0100 |
On 2014-12-14, at 09:22, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...] Scientists for example make a living in exactly that way
> --- by being paid to teach science to others and by securing research
> grants. And their creative work is free for everyone to read, copy and
> "consume" free of charge. And this is *never* considered stealing.
As much as I agree with many of your points, I am really sorry to say
this is profoundly untrue. Have you ever heard about Aaron Swartz?
> There is no conceptual difference between scientific creativity and
> artistic creativity, and the corresponding "product" (i.e. information)
> should be treated the same way.
FTFY: "There is no conceptual difference between scientific
publishing industry and entertainment industry".
> What would prevent a famous actor/composer/writer to make fantastic
> money by giving lessons to others in acting/composing/writing? The
> demagogy that poor sorry artists will starve to death if their recorded
> art is being copied instead of purchased is just that --- a demagogy.
This is in fact how many artists earn they living. (At least musicians:
my sister is a musician by profession - not the top percentile, but
definitely above the median, though I'm obviously biased;-), and that's
why I know that.)
> Best, :-)
> Marko
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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