Comments on: Peer to peer and libraries are not that different http://www.ganyet.com/politics/peer-to-peer-and-libraries-are-not-that-different.html trapped in the paperless, wireless, timeless and spaceless office Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 17 year old Kamal Dhillon: downloading music, movies and games without paying is not wrong, just Illegal | ganyet.com http://www.ganyet.com/politics/peer-to-peer-and-libraries-are-not-that-different.html/comment-page-1#comment-12475 17 year old Kamal Dhillon: downloading music, movies and games without paying is not wrong, just Illegal | ganyet.com Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:48:23 +0000 http://www.ganyet.com/?p=797#comment-12475 [...] argument here on my previous post: p2p and libraries are not that different) Whether it’s one degree of separation or 1,000, if sharing is morally justifiable in one [...] [...] argument here on my previous post: p2p and libraries are not that different) Whether it’s one degree of separation or 1,000, if sharing is morally justifiable in one [...]

]]> By: Sepp http://www.ganyet.com/politics/peer-to-peer-and-libraries-are-not-that-different.html/comment-page-1#comment-12120 Sepp Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:55:33 +0000 http://www.ganyet.com/?p=797#comment-12120 You're making a good point here. (I found your post through a link on the P2P Foundation's blog.) Why are libraries ok and direct sharing of information from computer to computer isn't? It's the copyright industry associations that are pushing the point with governments, and that is their right. Governments however, should take a detached view. They aren't working only for the copyright holders. As a matter of fact, the users (whom government is also supposed to work for) outnumber the copyright holders, mostly large corporations, by several orders of magnitude. I believe the point that needs to be stressed is that governments are employed by us - the citizens - and consequently their first duty is to care for our interests. Building libraries was yesterday's response to making culture available to all. Building the internet and keeping it free of blocks is today's method of ensuring culture is available to all. Simple, but the meme needs to pass into the halls of those who govern... You’re making a good point here. (I found your post through a link on the P2P Foundation’s blog.)

Why are libraries ok and direct sharing of information from computer to computer isn’t?

It’s the copyright industry associations that are pushing the point with governments, and that is their right. Governments however, should take a detached view. They aren’t working only for the copyright holders. As a matter of fact, the users (whom government is also supposed to work for) outnumber the copyright holders, mostly large corporations, by several orders of magnitude.

I believe the point that needs to be stressed is that governments are employed by us – the citizens – and consequently their first duty is to care for our interests. Building libraries was yesterday’s response to making culture available to all. Building the internet and keeping it free of blocks is today’s method of ensuring culture is available to all.

Simple, but the meme needs to pass into the halls of those who govern…

]]> By: P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Peer to peer and libraries are not that different http://www.ganyet.com/politics/peer-to-peer-and-libraries-are-not-that-different.html/comment-page-1#comment-12118 P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Peer to peer and libraries are not that different Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:08:40 +0000 http://www.ganyet.com/?p=797#comment-12118 [...] Josep M. Ganyet posted this on his blog [...] [...] Josep M. Ganyet posted this on his blog [...]

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