Books are so quickly diffused through the Internet nowadays that copyrights are really moe and more meaningless. Not that you shouldn’t have them, but the greatest ideas can be found in the older books – which are waaay beyond any copyright protection.

Practically, it’s possible to make a decent living repackaging older books and providing superior service.

I don’t see why the RIAA should be allowed to continue strong-arming people when places like BitTorrent have developed a completely new model and archive.org is enabling people access to all sorts of songs.

Well, to begin with we (meaning ALL of us who download) have to start spreading the word all over. Not just on the internet, but in daily conversation with or friends, family, and co-workers.

“there are too many politicos in too many corporate pockets and that will never change no matter how many new people are voted into public office.”

You want to give up before we even start? What’s the matter with you? Do you think this was how civil rights for blacks were won? Do you think Martin Luther King should just have given up? Do you think we should have surrendered at the beginning of WWII?

Come on, buck up! We can take these morons. There are MILLIONS of downloaders. There are only a couple of hundred RIAAhole and HELLywood lawyers to contend with. We could vote them all out if we really want to.

Don’t give up before we start.

who is this “Let’s”? what are YOU going to do to make it happen? there are too many politicos in too many corporate pockets and that will never change no matter how many new people are voted into public office.

so how do you propose to “do it”?

So, “now ‘Stairway to Heaven’ is in the public domain,” , says Wolfe, and, “Hey, the ongoing RIAA lawsuit problem is gone in one fell swoop.”

Adds the post:

“The only ones who’ll get hurt by cutbacks in copyright protections are the record labels and big book publishers. But the music industry has shown by its behavior that it has lost all claims to such rights. Indeed, I suspect that we’d be doing the RIAA something of a favor, by putting it, and ourselves, out of its misery.”

ChurchillsCigar:
YES!!!!!!

This part of the article is the money shot!

These punks have abused the copyright for FAR too long. Now it’s time to take it away from them. Let’s see how they like it now.

The guy doesn’t need any more money.

What do we do to a bunch of criminals?

We shop off their heads.