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Originally Posted by llasram
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No, and upon viewing the free culture's manifesto, I have no intention of doing so. Here's part of it;
"We won’t allow the content industry to cling to obsolete modes of distribution through bad legislation."
This thought exemplifies what I just pointed out about how people promoting 'freedom' don't recognize the freedom of the producer. The producer is only free to the extent that this 'freedom mob' will allow him to be with respect to the product of his work and effort. In other words, if someone produces something, the mob invents some cultural claim to take that work from him under the guise of freedom. No thanks.
We already live in a culture where a man can freely choose to distribute the product of his work for free if he wants to do so. If a man so chooses, good for him and those who can benefit from his work. However, I also want the man to be able to protect the product of his work should he decide to do so. He has earned the right to do that by the effort of his work. Your 'free culture does not recognize that. It only recognizes "I want it so I should be able to take it." I don't care to live in a culture that makes man's mind a slave to the so-called "common good".
At any rate, seeing that there a few more principled folks in this thread than I initially expected, my hat is off to those people. They understand the concepts of value, rights, voluntary trade, and the self-esteem that comes from the earning of one's life rather than living a life that comes at the expense of other men.