[p2p-research] My letter to Obama

[Michel Bauwens]

it would be interesting to check your proposals with those of the specialist
organisations in the US, such as the EFF, CSR, etc ...

Michel

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:45 PM, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 10:29:47 AM +0700, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > thanks Marco,
> >
> > you are probably right, I'm not an expert on the content of these
> > laws, but was assuming that they are based on long copyrights,
>
> I'm not an expert either. However, my point is simply that if you
> _start_ from reducing the time window where bad things can happen, it
> then becomes much easier to stop them altogether. In a private reply
> Kevin told me:
>
> > [A reduction] would be a step in the right direction.  But in
> > addition to a quantitative reduction in the length of term, there
> > would have to be qualitative changes as well
>
> And this is what I answered:
>
> > If you check my messages you'll see I have indeed "covered" this,
> > even if not explicitly. Of course there have to be qualitative
> > changes, like in fair use definition. I'm just saying that if you
> > focus on reducing duration, you:
> >
> >- greatly reduce the time window during the lack of those other
> >  changes creates problems
> >- hugely reduce the money the corporation can make and use to
> >  perpetuate their abuses and give them legal blessings
> <- create a movement that is much easier for the masses to understand
> >  and join
>
> Marco
>
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> software is used *around* you:            http://digifreedom.net/node/84
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