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[Michel Bauwens]

I have my doubts about Asia ...

how do you come to this conclusion?

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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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