Re: Free riding on Gnutella white paper

From: Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 02:21:15 MST


Jason Joel Thompson writes:

> I guess that depends on whether you want the industry or not. Who cares
> about 'deserve?' Does the farming industry get massive subsidation from the
> government?
 
Uh. Are you somehow implying that governmental subsidy of certain
agricultural and food industry practises is a good thing? That people
will start starving in the streets if these subsidies will be stopped?
 
> Humans designing conditions to keep desired processes in place is a fine
> example of how we take control of our natural environment.
 
Huh? Will people who produce digital content for a living will be
forced to go flipping burgers as a result of advent of p2p share
networks, resulting in less quantity and quality of said content? I
don't think so. Will some of the distributor mafia? I sure hope so.
 
> > If... a... "right"... is... unenforceable... is... it... a... natural...
> > right?
>
> Who cares about 'natural?'

Who cares about 'enforcible'?
 
 



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