posted by dennisn on January 6th, 2009 at 8:45PM
Rules and laws are only valid so long as everyone involved agrees with them. But then, if they did, there would be no real need to codify them or write them into stone. Ergo, codified rights are superfluous and unecessary.
In the case of IP, *millions* of people (if not more) advocate FOR copying--and I'm not talking about the clueless pimply teen--I'm talking about the maintainers of mininova, and tpb and all the seeders out there. IP-enforcement, then, is clearly nowhere near a universal law.
Of course, millions of people also advocate for state-coercion in the redistribution of wealth, in murder, etc. In every case there are irreconcilable differences, which cannot be resolved peacefully. In every case, there is a clear aggressor.
For socialism, it is socialists who force themselves upon the people. For IP-enforcement, it is "content creators" who force themselves upon the people. In both cases, under anarchy, or monarchy, or whatever, there WILL be conflict. The only question is, on which side do you stand? Dave appears to stand with the violent state-socialists. Dsk appears to stand with the violent IP-enforcers.
It can get pretty daunting trying to defend myself from all these aggressors--in my PRIVATE life no less.
In the case of IP, *millions* of people (if not more) advocate FOR copying--and I'm not talking about the clueless pimply teen--I'm talking about the maintainers of mininova, and tpb and all the seeders out there. IP-enforcement, then, is clearly nowhere near a universal law.
Of course, millions of people also advocate for state-coercion in the redistribution of wealth, in murder, etc. In every case there are irreconcilable differences, which cannot be resolved peacefully. In every case, there is a clear aggressor.
For socialism, it is socialists who force themselves upon the people. For IP-enforcement, it is "content creators" who force themselves upon the people. In both cases, under anarchy, or monarchy, or whatever, there WILL be conflict. The only question is, on which side do you stand? Dave appears to stand with the violent state-socialists. Dsk appears to stand with the violent IP-enforcers.
It can get pretty daunting trying to defend myself from all these aggressors--in my PRIVATE life no less.
