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nekokami · 09-01-2007, 08:31 PM

I read Cory's blog, but not Jerry Pournelle's. I have a general idea of where Pournelle would stand on this, though-- and while I think Cory is sometimes a bit over the top in an entertaining way, my POV is closer to his than Pournelle's.

The rest of the comments at Making Light were very interesting, I thought. Quite the spread of opinion, though nearly everyone agrees that this was a boneheaded move. Yes, I can feel sorry for Capobianco too. Steven Brust has an entertaining prediction about the outcome.

I hope that this will be part of a bit of incremental consciousness-raising on the subject of copyright and DMCA for members of SFWA, though I don't expect any rapid progress there. It does seem ironic that SFWA is so backwards (from my POV) on the subject of electronic texts and hysteria about piracy, given the nature of the field, but I suppose it's in part due to the fact that SF is the main form of writing subject to widespread filesharing to date-- again due to the nature of the subject, and the technical leanings of the customer base.

09-01-2007, 08:31 PM	#36
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I read Cory's blog, but not Jerry Pournelle's. I have a general idea of where Pournelle would stand on this, though-- and while I think Cory is sometimes a bit over the top in an entertaining way, my POV is closer to his than Pournelle's. The rest of the comments at Making Light were very interesting, I thought. Quite the spread of opinion, though nearly everyone agrees that this was a boneheaded move. Yes, I can feel sorry for Capobianco too. Steven Brust has an entertaining prediction about the outcome. I hope that this will be part of a bit of incremental consciousness-raising on the subject of copyright and DMCA for members of SFWA, though I don't expect any rapid progress there. It does seem ironic that SFWA is so backwards (from my POV) on the subject of electronic texts and hysteria about piracy, given the nature of the field, but I suppose it's in part due to the fact that SF is the main form of writing subject to widespread filesharing to date-- again due to the nature of the subject, and the technical leanings of the customer base.