From: | "Keith C(dot) Perry" <netadmin(at)vcsn(dot)com> |
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To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Paypal WAS: PostgreSQL speakers needed for OSCON |
Date: | 2004-01-06 22:16:46 |
Message-ID: | 1073427406.3ffb33ce0fbc8@webmail.vcsn.com |
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Quoting "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>:
> >
> >
> >Help me out here... what's your perceived difference between kazaa and
> >bittorrent?
> >
> >
> >
> I won't speak for someone else but I would guess that it is that
> Bittorrent isn't a business, it is a technology.
> Where Kazaa is a business.
>
> Personally I have zero problem with Kazaa and I think Open Office should
> use every legal means possible to
> distribute their software.
>
> If I buy a gun , and kill you... is that my fault or the fault of the
> gun maker?
Hmmm, we'll I agree with that arguement but I don't think that is a good
example. As a musician and owner of a publishing company also, I think the
American retail commerical music market is grossly over priced- CDs are
sometimes the same price as DVDs- PUHLEEEZZEE- the point of the matter is the
kazaa is enabling- this like one of the top things for college student to do
these days. From what I understand, last year RIAA and Kazaa regularly squared
off on TechTV and the basically (this is 3rd party info so I could be wrong) the
jist of things from Kazaa, "we know about the piracy and we don't care". I my
mind his is more like buying a gun and the selling telling you how to get teflon
coated ammo.
Someone mentioned the "appearance" of things an I think that argument holds some
weight. I think MS and many other people/orgs are waiting for the OSS community
to be deal a disabling blow- anything that will curtail growth and acceptance.
Perfect example of ths is when SCO's stock shot way up when they announced their
suit again Linux/IBM. Kazaa just has too much bad press in the recent past.
One plus for me about Kazaa is that seem to be very pro-privacy but I think you
can do that an protect copywrites as well.
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
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