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Originally Posted by Ramen
Assuming your ban were workable...
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I went back to see if I actually called it a "ban," but I'll concede that that's essentially what it would be. Despite your claim, however, I don't believe it would mean The End Of Civilization As We Know It.
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Originally Posted by Ramen
In the end, the question is really: What is more important to you, a free society or your profit?
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Probably the most important question to be asked here. All of these measures discussed on this site... TM, DRM, encryption, whatever... are all impacts on privacy, as well as impacts on an individual's right to profit from their own work. If you can't make a profit, and have no way to make a living, how much will you care if the rest of society is free? What good is a free society wherein everyone is starving and freezing?
How "free" is our society now? Is "free society" really just doublespeak, used to frighten the un-mutual?
I propose that an individual's abiity to profit from their work is
just as important as the desire for a "free society," since the individual's satisfaction with their lot has a direct impact on the health and function of said society. So, in the case of providing satisfaction to individuals, some "freedom" must sometimes be sacrificed. Case in point: Mandatory taxes that pay for infrastructure, including services that you personally don't use. Second case in point, street cameras that deter crime and make people feel safer, despite the knowledge that they are potentially being watched.
Some form of TM would sacrifice some level of freedom, I agree. But too much? Enough to bring society crashing down around us? I'm not sure.