On 28/02/12 20:45, lina wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Scott Ferguson > <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 28/02/12 19:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 18:21 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>> On 28/02/12 15:34, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 05:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 11:16 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>>>> Lot's of, um, people searching for free lunches means lots of people >>>>>>>> falling into traps. >>>>>>>
<snipped> > > The thin end of the wedge is the monitoring for a three strike policy - > which doesn't involve courts. Once the mechanisms are in place it may be > a different story. > >> Lots of films are really amazing. definitely worth watching >> (especially those vintage ones). > >> I feel the appreciation of the beaut of the film/art is more valuable >> than the "ticket" price. > >> As a film-maker (I have never met one or talked one though) I guess >> they would love their works to be watched by many people and also >> would love it to be distributed. >> maybe unconsciously wished their work to survive centuries as human heritage. > >> Frankly speaking, I watched lots of films online in the last 10 years >> (so lots). >> Ideally I think those things shouldn't have gave so much law >> restrictions (I am law-illiteracy) even the creation of the original >> work should be protected, but not-over-protected. > >> Maybe I am wrong. For what it's worth - I believe you are right. And beautifully stated too. Just as video (and television before it) threatened the incumbent studios, and created a means for more movie makers, writers, and actors, to produce more work that was seen (and appreciated)by a larger audience, so too does the internet - especially bittorrent because it's the reverse of the usual situation where the more something is in demand, the greater the load on the distributor. Most of the opposition to bittorent and "downloading" seems to come from those who monopolise the means to make (produce) and distribute. Seems "piracy" (to which I'm opposed) is just an excuse to keep writers and actors poor - and the audiences stupid. OT as it is - Debian does fit into this. No DRM. Should the future become an Orwellian nightmare (like Terry Gilliam's Brazil, or Max Headroom) Debian would be the first place I'd look for solutions. In the meantime - do take a look at Miro, it's much more than a video player and a bittorrent manager - it has a decent selection of free, legal, "television" type movie/new/education channels by default, and it's simple to add more. <snipped> Kind regards -- "Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously." — Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f4cb475.9030...@gmail.com
