[p2p-research] very important debate on the ethics of free culture

[Kevin Carson]

On 8/2/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> in case someone has missed this, this is pretty crucial:
> http://techdirt.com/articles/20100701/10251210046.shtml

Interesting that he thinks borrowing a hard copy from a library is OK,
but downloading a copy -- even though the economic effect is precisely
the same -- is not.

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