Why are we working on new distribution channels like The Pirate Bay?
Because we categorically reject the notion that corrupt, law-breaking middlemen who abuse the artist's right to be paid and abuse or refuse service to the customer -- I mean the MPAA, RIAA, etc. -- are a better alternative or economic model for a digital age than the free sharing of bits which is what the internet (and before that, usenet, and before that, sneakernet) has always been.
We categorically reject the notion that we need state-sponsored controlled locked-down DRM ecosystems where hackers are thrown in jail for sending an HTTP request to an open server and cell phone unlocking is illegal, just so that the MPAA can continue to exist.
The free as in zero dollars alternative _is_ what is happening to software: the price of an operating system is being driven to zero dollars.
We celebrate this as the liberation of technology from the monopolistic, predatory, illegal activities that happened 20 years ago.
We applaud the brilliant, profitable companies that are not hostile to free software (as in freedom).
We hope more companies will learn how to do something like Github, The Linux Foundation, or Amazon EC2.
Meanwhile, you can question the magic. It might not make sense to you, but it makes sense to John Perry Barlow:
https://projects.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html
Why aren't you championing Actors Guilds, Authors fighting against Amazon's policies and fees, or even the fight against DRM?
Because we categorically reject the notion that corrupt, law-breaking middlemen who abuse the artist's right to be paid and abuse or refuse service to the customer -- I mean the MPAA, RIAA, etc. -- are a better alternative or economic model for a digital age than the free sharing of bits which is what the internet (and before that, usenet, and before that, sneakernet) has always been.
We categorically reject the notion that we need state-sponsored controlled locked-down DRM ecosystems where hackers are thrown in jail for sending an HTTP request to an open server and cell phone unlocking is illegal, just so that the MPAA can continue to exist.
The free as in zero dollars alternative _is_ what is happening to software: the price of an operating system is being driven to zero dollars.
We celebrate this as the liberation of technology from the monopolistic, predatory, illegal activities that happened 20 years ago.
We applaud the brilliant, profitable companies that are not hostile to free software (as in freedom).
We hope more companies will learn how to do something like Github, The Linux Foundation, or Amazon EC2.
Meanwhile, you can question the magic. It might not make sense to you, but it makes sense to John Perry Barlow:
https://projects.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html
Why aren't you championing Actors Guilds, Authors fighting against Amazon's policies and fees, or even the fight against DRM?