Comments on: P2P and human evolution

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:31:52 +0000

I think I finally got the reference.
Is “Shaw.ca” your ISP?
Clever…..

By: Henry Ermich

Henry Ermich — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:43:45 +0000

“Shaw.ca?”
Just ran a Google search on that, and it appears to be a Canadian ISP.
Sorry if I’m not familiar with the reference, but I take it that they’ve been less than stellar as regards privacy or somesuch?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:40:28 +0000

What’s your email addie, Henry? p2pnet @ shaw dot ca

Cheers!

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:35:41 +0000

One more link for Y’all (and then I’ll go back to my underground lair and continue to work on my evil anarcho-commie plot to destroy creativity.)

http://www.willfulinfringement.com/WillfulinfringementFLM.asp

Watch this documentary. I realize that a goodly chunk of the stuff in this film will be “preaching to the converted”, but — speaking as the damn dirty anarcho-commie Eunuch that “Sam” belives me to be — I can only hope that “he” watches this, and sees what his precious “fundamental human right” to a century-long monopoly is really doing…..

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:19:43 +0000

http://www.mindjack.com/feature/killingfields.html

Another link for all of you damn dirty anarcho-commies reading this
I’ll only point out the fact that THIS is an instance where an entrepreneur — a BUSINESSMAN — has had his “firm and his life” (supposedly what SammyBoy believes Copy’right’ law protects) smashed to bits. Ain’t life-plus-70 years GRAND?

To be honest, it’s things like THIS — not “digital piracy” — that are the REAL injustices.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:09:38 +0000

Jon:
Thanks for the kind words.
Just to let everybody know, I’m no longer participating in that pathetic shadowplay masquerading as “debate” with “Sam” — My failure to unthinkingly support the existing Status Quo makes me — and every other “Intellectual Property Skeptic”, in his view, nothing but damn dirty “anarcho-communists” who should “grow a pair and learn to compete” (presumably by lobbying Government for an ever-wider sphere of coercive monopoly.)

I’m not “debating” him anymore, because to do so would, quite frankly, be a colossal waste of my time.

To say the least, my views on this topic have changed quite extensively, in no small part due to your own efforts. Sam evidently believes that I don’t think creators/innovators are “worth protecting”.

I can only ask: is such “protection” worth things like THIS:
http://sharealike.org/index.php/2004/06/16/bloomsday-and-copyright-run-amok/

To my pathetic li’l pea-brain, things like THIS would appear NOT to be “promoting the useful arts and sciences”. In fact, I’m stupid enough to believe that such events actually pose a THREAT to creativity and innovation.

But hey, what do I know — I’m just a damn dirty Anarcho-communist Hippie.

Cheers, y’all

By: Graychin

Graychin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:49:54 +0000

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead.

The rest of the quote:

“Indeed – it’s the only thing that ever has.”

By: chronoss

chronoss — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:40:36 +0000

Just so you know i created a pseudo coded white paper that was very like bittorent that had encryption
6 months before bram dreamed up or stole the idea.

Certain things about evolution mean they are natural to happen.

Sharing is one of them.
finding ways to help you maximize your bandwidth when you have ISPS that scrape you nickeled and dimed to the bare butt/
If you have fuel you will invent fire
if you have fire you WILL invent a vehicle
etc.....