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  • From: Neeru Paharia <neeru AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: Creative Commons-Eyebeam Forum 2003 November 12-19 <cc-eyebeam AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [cc-eyebeam] Quote from MLK Jr.
  • Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:33:55 -0800

Somewhat of a different topic, but I saw this quote yesterday while
wandering through the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (btw, one of the
greatest places in SF). It's etched in stone underneath a waterfall and
very powerful. I thought it would be interesting fodder for this list in the
context of intellectual property, art, and cultural values. Especially in
the context of the RIAA demanding millions of dollars from twelve year old
kids for consuming art without paying for the "property."


"We must rapidly begin to shift from a thing-oriented society to a
person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and
property rights are considered more important than people, the giant
triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being
conquered." Martin Luther King Jr.

Neeru

(Not to mention the war in Iraq)






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