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02-28-2012, 08:41 PM | #1 |
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Internet Regulation and Censorship - Interesting Open Letter to MPAA
I've linked below to an open letter by Eric Raymond, a prominent member of the Open Source movement, to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). I mostly agree with the sentiments expressed and wonder how many hold similar views?
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4155 |
02-28-2012, 09:29 PM | #2 |
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Cheers, most enlightening and certainly something I agree with, in the main.
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Wonder if he CCed the White House and Congress. They're the ones who really need to see this.
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02-29-2012, 07:57 AM | #4 |
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Interesting letter, but I don't think that the meaning will reach those that it needs to reach, those people who think that anti-SOPA = pro-piracy.
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02-29-2012, 08:15 AM | #5 |
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Sounds like something to PM to Stonetools....
It'll take knocking off a few politicians, (electorially, not physically) to get the message rammed home. |
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02-29-2012, 08:21 AM | #6 |
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I like and respect Raymond (I've read several of his books)—and I agree whole-heartedly with the overall sentiment of his message—but he comes across as a bit of a nutjob with a god complex in that letter, doesn't he? He (along with the rest of the immortals who "built" the internet) just doesn't wield the kind of influence/power he's hinting at anymore. I'm not sure Eric ever had that level of influence (other than being an outstanding mouthpiece for the opensource movement in general). That letter makes him seem like a clapped-out demagogue trying to reclaim his glory days, if you ask me. Kind of sad actually.
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02-29-2012, 08:36 AM | #7 |
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*yawn*
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I thought he made the point that the internet is more than just he and a few others, though he is a 'spokesperson'. He really talked more about the 'internet' being more than just a few people, but that those technical people are the ones who write the code that allows everyone all over the world access to knowledge.
I think he had to do more than talk about the royal 'we', but make his argument a little personal before branching out into the larger general. It's hard to read about 'we' this and that or 'they' this and that without having some knowledge of where the writer is coming from. ETA: I took the 'we' he started using to mean the 'reactive social organism' that is 'the internet'. |
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If someone would tell me that he is the one who built the steps of the building that I work in, and that he and his coworkers know what the steps were built to support, I wouldn't come to the conclusion that he sees himself as a god wielding power and influence.
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02-29-2012, 10:22 AM | #13 |
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I don't care what part he had in the development of the internet, it has no bearing on how he feels about the way it's regulated. Explaining his role was self-aggrandizing fluff.
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02-29-2012, 10:27 AM | #14 |
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A few paragraphs could have probably have been edited out of the letter, maybe he should have sent it to an editor beforehand? On the whole though it was an allright letter.
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02-29-2012, 10:30 AM | #15 |
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I took it as more of an explanation that he isn't someone jumping on the bandwagon but is, instead, someone who knows how others in his profession feel. And that the casual internet user looks to them as parakeets in the coal mines (my words, not his) for warning if their rights are being threatened.
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