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June 19, 2003
According to Declan:
Hatch is, of course, the senator who suggested two days ago that enabling copyright holders to destroy the machines of violators would be a darn fine way to enforce copyrights. The online world is so messy that we're all pirates one way or another. Find a machine that doesn't have material on it that even unintentionally violates someone's copyright. Likewise, find a cubicle or a refrigerator door that's pure. Find a copying machine that has never been used to violate someone's copyright. Shall we blow 'em all up? Or should decide that computers are too inflexible to enforce copyright, whether it's by not letting us copy a frame of a DVD or by melting our hard drives. We need more elbow room than a Terminator can ever understand. Thanks to Greg for the link. Posted
by D. Weinberger at June 19, 2003 11:22 AM
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Hi David,
I just looked at the source of Hatch's page. The javascript menu is there, but it says that it's free for non-commercial use. The text "I am the license for the menu (duh)" does not seem to appear at all.
Either it's been fixed, or it was just wishful thinking ;)
Posted by: Ton Zijlstra | June 19, 2003 12:12 PM
David,
We don't just need a concept of leeway, where people are forgiven for bending the rules.
We need to promote a positive concept of fair use, where is legal, good, and constitutionally protected to quote and borrow snippets of other people's ideas.
- Adina
Posted by: Adina Levin | June 19, 2003 01:25 PM
David, did you check into the possibility that your computer was the victim of a Hatchet job? Perhaps it was Orinated upon?
Posted by: Tim Harding | June 19, 2003 10:12 PM