Ban all copyrighted material from the Internet that is not under a free licence.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104205134740204626607/posts/Riy9n4Fv2SW
Anyone want to get behind this one? :-D
- d.
David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com writes:
Ban all copyrighted material from the Internet that is not under a free licence.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/104205134740204626607/posts/Riy9n4Fv2SW
Anyone want to get behind this one? :-D
That'd mean banning fsfe.org too.
On 24 January 2012 11:46, Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindfors@iki.fi wrote:
David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com writes:
Ban all copyrighted material from the Internet that is not under a free licence. https://plus.google.com/u/0/104205134740204626607/posts/Riy9n4Fv2SW Anyone want to get behind this one? :-D
That'd mean banning fsfe.org too.
A minor detail in this otherwise-immaculate idea!
- d.
Proposing censorship in the name of freedom seems a bit... unconventional, do you not think so? Of course, freedom from proprietary materials would be nice, but ultimately the decision should be left to the citizens: either they do not use proprietary materials or they get rid of the copyright laws. Censorship would cause only extra problems.
On 24 January 2012 11:46, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 January 2012 11:46, Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindfors@iki.fi wrote:
David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com writes:
Ban all copyrighted material from the Internet that is not under a free licence. https://plus.google.com/u/0/104205134740204626607/posts/Riy9n4Fv2SW Anyone want to get behind this one? :-D
That'd mean banning fsfe.org too.
A minor detail in this otherwise-immaculate idea!
- d.
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On 24 January 2012 12:57, Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild repentinus@fsfe.org wrote:
Proposing censorship in the name of freedom seems a bit... unconventional, do you not think so? Of course, freedom from proprietary materials would be nice, but ultimately the decision should be left to the citizens: either they do not use proprietary materials or they get rid of the copyright laws. Censorship would cause only extra problems.
This is what I get for not flagging a joke. In English, "a modest proposal" is a phrase that conventionally introduces a straight-faced Juvenal-style satire. The usage comes from a famous essay by Jonathan Swift:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
My apologies to non-native speakers confused by my post :-)
- d.
On 24 January 2012 13:15, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 January 2012 12:57, Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild repentinus@fsfe.org wrote:
Proposing censorship in the name of freedom seems a bit... unconventional, do you not think so? Of course, freedom from proprietary materials would be nice, but ultimately the decision should be left to the citizens: either they do not use proprietary materials or they get rid of the copyright laws. Censorship would cause only extra problems.
This is what I get for not flagging a joke. In English, "a modest proposal" is a phrase that conventionally introduces a straight-faced Juvenal-style satire. The usage comes from a famous essay by Jonathan Swift:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
My apologies to non-native speakers confused by my post :-)
- d.
I feel so foolish right now. :-( By the way, is the Swift's work any good?
On 24 January 2012 13:19, Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild repentinus@fsfe.org wrote:
On 24 January 2012 13:15, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal My apologies to non-native speakers confused by my post :-)
I feel so foolish right now. :-(
From the response, it's evidently my fault entirely. You have my
sincere apologies.
By the way, is the Swift's work any good?
His writing style is 300 years old, and I don't know how readable it will be to a non-native speaker, but he remains a highly-renowned writer in English for good reason. His other most notable work was "Gulliver's Travels".
- d.
Den 24-01-2012 14:23, David Gerard skrev:
By the way, is the Swift's work any good?
His writing style is 300 years old, and I don't know how readable it will be to a non-native speaker, but he remains a highly-renowned writer in English for good reason. His other most notable work was "Gulliver's Travels".
"A modest proposal" is quite funny, at least the idea in itself is; in a rather serious way. Wikipedia has a Gutenberg link.
On 24 January 2012 13:23, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
From the response, it's evidently my fault entirely. You have my sincere apologies.
Nay, the fault lies with me. I should have familiarized myself with culture. :-)
By the way, is the Swift's work any good?
His writing style is 300 years old, and I don't know how readable it will be to a non-native speaker, but he remains a highly-renowned writer in English for good reason. His other most notable work was "Gulliver's Travels".
I have read Gulliver's Travels, that is why I was asking.