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Steven Lyle Jordan · 03-03-2007, 08:09 AM

Nice "Dog Bites Man" story... I mean, no one would be surprised by the stances taken by Bono or Berners-Lee, with her background connection to music and Sonny, and his creation of a globally-available technology.

I wonder if they got anything accomplished, or just managed to contribute to Washington's general malaise...

I will say, in Bono's case, the analogy is a bad one. If she wants to bring driving into it, she should be talking about a prepaid 10-lane highway for big spenders, with only one free lane for the little guys to use.

If Berners-Lee wanted to counter her, he could have said that a better analogy for DRM would be paying for parking: Use technology to make it worth people's while to legally pay for it (by making prices painless, or identifying violators and penalizing them, for instance), instead of stealing it.

03-03-2007, 08:09 AM	#2
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Nice "Dog Bites Man" story... I mean, no one would be surprised by the stances taken by Bono or Berners-Lee, with her background connection to music and Sonny, and his creation of a globally-available technology. I wonder if they got anything accomplished, or just managed to contribute to Washington's general malaise... I will say, in Bono's case, the analogy is a bad one. If she wants to bring driving into it, she should be talking about a prepaid 10-lane highway for big spenders, with only one free lane for the little guys to use. If Berners-Lee wanted to counter her, he could have said that a better analogy for DRM would be paying for parking: Use technology to make it worth people's while to legally pay for it (by making prices painless, or identifying violators and penalizing them, for instance), instead of stealing it. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 03-03-2007 at 08:15 AM.