New York Times is reporting that Downloading Music off P2P networks is legal under Canadian law. Problem is: uploading music is illegal under Canadian law. Simple point: There is an inherent contradiction in their position. At least a few people would have to be illegally uploading music in order to enable the perfectly legal downloading!
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Oh my goodness. I have no idea who these people are or what they are up to, but this video/animation is mighty funny.
For no particular reason, I’d like to recommend to you maybe my favorite book. It’s a collection of short stories. I keep several paperback copies on hand in order to give to people who I think might read it. Charlotte is the story that I read by Earley first, and it is so well-crafted I [...]
Dan Bricklin, best known as a co-creator of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, has posted a great essay entitled How will the Artists Get Paid?. Bricklin looks at the issue from a historical perspective and is optimistic that new technologies do not doom creative people to a penniless existence. Here’s a little taste:
In computers, [...]
For now anyway, I’m calling this blog “Share Alike”. What’s that supposed to mean? Well, it comes from the common bit of advice, “Share and share alike”. When people say this, they mean two things. The first part of that phrase is an imperative. It, like your kindergarten teacher, is saying: Share. The second [...]
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