tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363487059464514198.post8272856962810993053..comments2010-07-24T11:49:52.229+03:00Comments on Cartoonarchy: Why Cartoonarchy?DUHHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02624054216650969947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363487059464514198.post-67032311044287233112009-03-02T14:21:00.000+02:002009-03-02T14:21:00.000+02:00Well, if you look at the history of copyright, it ...Well, if you look at the history of copyright, it started as a means of censureship(sp?), quite literally the right to print(a right given exclusively by the state, and books that were printed without copyright were burnt). So it would be quite a feat if it were to become the future of freedom. <BR/><BR/>As for patents... Yes, the little-guy argument. Well, that´s what´s said about both copyright and patens-laws, that it´s there to protect the little guy, the artist, the scientist, etc, etc. <BR/>I don´t really buy it. But I have to come back to this sometime later. <BR/>There are some differences between copyright and patent-law though. But my main problem with patents is that it for instance allows for atrocities like bullying poor countries out of "pirating" medicine, and therefore results in the needless death of millions of people. <BR/>And in choosing between the little-guys economic prosperity and the death of millions... well... I WOULD like to have some more money, but...<BR/><BR/>And YEAH! Help me translate stuff! "Dette er et Ran" is probably the one that would most benefit. I´ve been intending to do a rough translation of it, but haven´t gotten so far yet. <BR/><BR/>But I can mail you when I have something concrete.DUHHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624054216650969947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363487059464514198.post-85831593497749094942009-03-02T13:07:00.000+02:002009-03-02T13:07:00.000+02:00by the way if i could ever help in translating wit...by the way if i could ever help in translating with my rudimentary norwegian and pretty fucking good english, i would love to!JSIGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789770380959769860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363487059464514198.post-71512921897908122172009-03-02T13:05:00.000+02:002009-03-02T13:05:00.000+02:00YES KIMMIE!!!!!I'm so happy you are doing a blog i...YES KIMMIE!!!!!<BR/><BR/>I'm so happy you are doing a blog in English. Although I can follow the Norsk stuff, it takes some deciphering and even sometimes whipping out my trusty old Nor-Eng dictionary from the old days. Plus now I can share it with my friends here. Yippeee!<BR/><BR/>Thanks. And I love your contribution to destroying the oppression of distributors who are holding back the producers by giving away free stuff!<BR/><BR/>Also those videos were great. I saw all 3 of Eben Moglen and another he did at Google Tech talks. Interesting guy. Way more intelligent than me. Fucker.<BR/><BR/>I'm not 100% sold on anarchy and the abolishment of copyright and patents, but I am intrigued. Definitely it is becoming more and more difficult to keep copyrights enforced and since that comes from a more and more free means of communication, it might be a sign that copyright is not the future of freedom. Moglen says the copyrights are really there to protect the profits of the distributor and make sharing knowledge much more difficult. That makes sense, but he speaks of patents in the same way. It seems like patents also help the little guy or else what would stop a big company stealing the little guy's idea and swooping in on the market share? (well i forgot you don't care about money)<BR/><BR/>Anyways I'm just glad you're letting me read your comics gratis free! (as Al Swearengen would say--just finished season 1 of Deadwood).JSIGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789770380959769860noreply@blogger.com