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[Ryan Lanham]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I agree, 'illegal'  filesharing is a temporary phenomena arising because
> the law was no longer adapted, but eventually it will adjust, as will
> business, though of course, existing monopolies will try to defend their
> turf until they no longer can, and in the meantime, will continue to attempt
> to accuse babies and put grandmothers in prison,
>
> Michel
>
>
People will always differ as to what is and what isn't legal and
appropriate.  The laws will always lag. Most legal theorists praise that
gap.

I remain very unconvinced that the criminality of intellectual property
taking is not appropriate.  I do agree that in the very long term, it
doesn't matter and isn't worth debating much.  It certainly isn't worth law
breaking.  The trends are clearly toward free and open and there are
numerous and increasing options for those in that space.  I suspect economic
models will adjust long before political ones...as is usually the case.

I also think there are clear differences between sensibilities of European
nations and the rest of the world.  Europe tends to favor the maximum
available use by the maximum number of people.  What I would call
utilitarian and market/socialist.  The US and Asia tend to favor more merit
oriented societies.  Europeans tend to notice corruptions of merit,
Americans and Asians tend to notice corruptions of free riding.  I think
there is good room for both...and balances to be struck as people notice
advantages of each system.  There is rarely one best way.

Ryan
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