cw - eSnips Profile

curiosadelmundo writes:

if the idea of public library were a recent one, surely it would never came to be because it facilitates sharing private properties
legal regulations may be outruled by social regulations when they are unfair, so all who believes in sharing will look for ways of sharing, until legal regulations change

Added on Mar. 24 2007

craptastic54 writes:

Shouldn't you be writing instead of playing copyright nazi?

... ohhh right, you can't write worth a damn.

get a life, son.

Added on Mar. 19 2007

selkiewife writes:

Yshiuli and Solarflarze are harassing me.

I never posted any comments at their proflies. All I'm doing is responding to comments they're posting at my profile.

Selkie

Added on Mar. 15 2007

selkiewife writes:

What Yshiuli is saying here with all the verbose legalese is that copyright laws are unjust and unfair because they abridge the perceived right to copy and distribute copyrighted materials and because this is unfair, Yshiuli will continue to support those who disregard copyright laws by copying and distributing copyrighted materials here and anywhere else. Plus, if anyone points out that Yshiuli or any one else is in violation of copyright laws, they should shut up and go away, because Yshiuli doesn't believe the publishers will persue those who are those laws and when they do sue anyone in court, then Yshiuli's defense to state that copyright laws are unjust and unfair because they abridge the perceived right to copy and distribute copyrighted materials.

This is just like me saying that traffic laws are unfair because they abridge my right to unrestricted travel and because those traffic laws abridge my right to unrestricted travel, I will continue to disregard all traffic laws and enjoy my right to unrestricted travel. Plus, if anyone tells me that I'm violating traffic laws, they should shut up and leave me alone because I don't believe the police will catch me violating those traffic laws and force me to pay fines and/or face criminal charges in court. And if I have to go to court, I will defend myself in court by stating that traffic laws are unjust and unfair because they abridge my right to unrestricted travel.

I'm sorry, but Yshiuli's argument is flawed, absurd and illogical.

Selkie

Added on Mar. 15 2007

selkiewife writes:

I see Yshiuli continues to post absurd excuses and rationalizations dressed up in legalese for violating copyright laws.

The way I see it, Yshiuli's verbose statements fall under the listing of BS, MS and PhD.

Illegal distribution of copyrighted materials remains illegal distribution of copyrighted materials regardless of the verbiage used to justify these actions.

ROFLMAOPIMP

Wink

Added on Mar. 15 2007

yshiuli writes:

The absurdity of copyright by Dr.Godfried-Willem RAES

1. Information cannot be possesed . It is not property since it cannot be taken away.It is object nor energy , but essentially form.

2.Every form of treating information as a product is intrinsically contradictory to its very nature.

3.Copyright protection is not only based on an epistemological lie, but it is also immoral towards society as well as it is a reactionary reflex towards capitalisation of thought.

4.Composers, authors nor inventors need protection since the use of their work is not an attack, but contrarywise it rather constitutes an honour.

5.Regardless any ideological considerations , the further development of new technologies will make the idea of copyright completely anachronistic and obsolete. Copyright protection will reveal itself to be just inefficient.

Added on Mar. 14 2007

yshiuli writes:

Why is the abridgement of the [freedom of] copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information unethical?

Abridgement of the [freedom of] copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information also abridges your freedom of speech, expression, and your freedom to think freely. As in the above situation, suppose I publish a program for drug design, and claim all "intellectual property rights" associated with the creation. You can't even begin to do research (legally) on the program without licensing it from me, i.e., your freedom to even think about what the program does and improve its workings is abridged. Further, you're forbidden from repeating the program (and its improvements) to someone else. In other words, you're forbidden from telling people what your thoughts are, even if they are so uncreative as to be identical to what you've heard or seen before. What this ultimately boils down to is that your freedom to obtain knowledge, store and process that knowledge, and spread that knowledge as you see fit, is abridged. Thus people are constantly forced to re-invent the wheel rather than copy and use or modify existing information.

Simply put, intellectual property laws attempt to make a scarce resource out of something that can be infinitely abundant. Why do this, when the reason for most conflict in the world lies with scarce resources?

Added on Mar. 14 2007

yshiuli writes:

Why is the abridgement of the [freedom of] copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information unethical?

The abridgement of the [freedom of] copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information (as defined in USC 17) is unethical for three main reasons, all taken in conjunction with each other:
Arbitrary copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information generally does not cause harm to anyone. When someone makes a copy of a certain piece of information that is published, there is no information lost. The person from which the information is copied (say an author or an inventor) retains the information in exactly the same state. What has happened is that two copies of the same piece of published information arise. What is done with the second copy does not affect what is done with the first copy, ceterus paribus.
Abridgement of the [freedom of] copying, use, distribution, and modification of published information generally causes harm to the progress of the sciences and the arts. One instance is in the case of software. Suppose I publish a program that does rational drug design (makes it easier to find drugs for diseases) and is generally found useful by individuals all over. Suppose you're able to modify the program and make it even more better at rational drug design and distribute it. I can, under current Copyright and Patent law, for whatever reasons I wish, control you and prevent you from doing this even though your modification would be beneficial to everyone. This causes a lot of harm to people, even though the modification itself does not cause harm to me.

Added on Mar. 14 2007

devarpanc writes:

you are one great stuck up person... U an american right.. u guys have no qualms in stealing from every other country in the world and you call others thief .. u kill others just so that u can drive your SUVS . and talking about copyright u have created corporations that squeeze poor folks around the world. U know what a JRR Tolkien Book in here costs a weeks salary . Its easy for u guys o talk..

Added on Mar. 10 2007

cw writes:

Moving this up to the top, with additions from selkiewife:

Where to get cheap or free books legally:

Your local library. Even small libraries can get books for you from Interlibrary Loan. More and more libraries are offering e-books, too. Also, watch for their book sales--a great way to load up on recent best-sellers.

FREE EBOOKS you can obtain LEGALLY are at the following locations:

http://www.baen.com/library/

And at http://www.webscription.net/c-1-free-ebooks.aspx
Many different SF books here from numerous authors.

For those who enjoy Romance novels.

The Romance Studio has a "book a day" giveaway program http://www.theromancestudio.com where authors give free print and ebooks to readers.

Writerspace authors give print books away too, http://www.writerspace.com/.

Romance Junkies http://www.romancejunkies.com/contests.html has contests and book giveaways also.

Also look for archives like Project Gutenberg, which offer free e-book versions of books in the public domain (no longer under copyright). Lots of fiction (Jane Austen, the Brontes, P.G. Wodehouse, Oscar Wilde), reference books, cook books, etc. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Book swapping communities. The way they usually work is that you post the books you're willing to trade and hunt through other readers' lists for ones you want. You get points for sending books out, and use them to get others.

--BookMooch (international): http://bookmooch.com/
--PaperBackSwap (U.S. only): http://www.paperbackswap.com/
--FrugalReader (U.S. only): http://frugalreader.com/

Cheap ebooks at

--Books for a Buck http://www.booksforabuck.com/

eBay. www.ebay.com Lots of international traffic, over a hundred thousands listings today under "books" (and almost 200,000 more in eBay stores). Price is what the market will bear.

Amazon.com. (also has Canadian, French, German, Japanese, U.K. sites) New books are frequently discounted, used are available in abundance from Amazon vendors. International shipping.

Where to buy e-books (watch for sales and special deals):--Fictionwise: http://fictionwise.com/
http://eBooks.com

Added on Mar. 7 2007