Re: [Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it"
Thanks David! This article is excellent for my literature review. I am nearly finished the first three chapters and I am adding targeted literature now. This piece really hits home that the industry has conducted a highly successful and effective anti-piracy communications campaign. When law enforcement is completely befuddled, it is easy for one to see how ordinary citizens are experiencing the chilling effects of legal crackdowns on fair use. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Brake Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it" Recent discussion of the legality (or otherwise) of downloading audio reminded me of a recent news story here in the UK about a trading standards officer (locally-based business 'policeman') who found people selling discs with Firefox on it and complained to a representative of the Mozilla Foundation that "I can't believe that your company would allow people to make money from something that you allow people to have free access to." Copyleft and creative commons etc is evidently hard for many of the 'ordinary public' (or even supposed experts!) to understand... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2051196,00.html P.S. For more free to download and use audio, check out http:// opsound.org/ --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone) _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
On 27/02/06, Heidelberg, Chris <Chris.Heidelberg@ssa.gov> wrote:
Thanks David! This article is excellent for my literature review. I am nearly finished the first three chapters and I am adding targeted literature now. This piece really hits home that the industry has conducted a highly successful and effective anti-piracy communications campaign. When law enforcement is completely befuddled, it is easy for one to see how ordinary citizens are experiencing the chilling effects of legal crackdowns on fair use.
Not only is law enforcement befuddled, but industry associations in the UK are now producing so-called educational materials that time-poor teachers seem eager to use. These, off course, put forward only the industry's line. The next generation is effectively being brainwashed. I feel the recent launch of citizens' digital rights pressure groups in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and Canada, all within months of each other, is no coincidence. Many are feeling that things have being going one way for too long. Louise Ferguson Chair, Open Rights Group (UK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Rights_Group
Hello Sue, Please check this link http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php for an idea how downloading music, or any P2P files, in Sweden is regarded. Quoting "Heidelberg, Chris" <Chris.Heidelberg@ssa.gov>:
Thanks David! This article is excellent for my literature review. I am nearly finished the first three chapters and I am adding targeted literature now. This piece really hits home that the industry has conducted a highly successful and effective anti-piracy communications campaign. When law enforcement is completely befuddled, it is easy for one to see how ordinary citizens are experiencing the chilling effects of legal crackdowns on fair use.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Brake Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-l] "It can't be legal unless you pay for it"
Recent discussion of the legality (or otherwise) of downloading audio reminded me of a recent news story here in the UK about a trading standards officer (locally-based business 'policeman') who found people selling discs with Firefox on it and complained to a representative of the Mozilla Foundation that "I can't believe that your company would allow people to make money from something that you allow people to have free access to."
Copyleft and creative commons etc is evidently hard for many of the 'ordinary public' (or even supposed experts!) to understand...
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2051196,00.html
P.S. For more free to download and use audio, check out http:// opsound.org/
--- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)
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