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  • From: "Greg London" <email AT greglondon.com>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] For hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee
  • Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:23:27 -0500 (EST)


> On Sunday 03 December 2006 06:02 pm, Greg London wrote:
>> This is specifically directed to all of you who keep
>> bringing up the explanation that my reason for supporting
>> Anti-TPM is because I want to turn CC into a "weapon".
>
> See, that might be me. Although I don't think it is my reason for wanting
> it,
> but I think with me it does enter into the picture somewhat. Even then,
> only
> if you consider a shield a weapon.
>
> I think the best I can give as a reason, and I could just be suffering
> from
> thread fatigue here, is that I don't want to allow someone a monopoly
> position over me with my own works.
>
> You can use and sell my works, I can use and sell yours if you have any.
> If
> you can out market me and so make more money on my works than I do, so be
> it.
> But don't go try and make it illegal for me to be in the market.
>
> Long term, I see that there are players in this world who would be quite
> happy
> to mandate DRM only players and computers. Who would be happy to have me
> where the only way to enjoy my own works would be to pay them for the
> ability. Further, I see these players as being quite happy and eager to
> move
> to a pay per view future. And I will have to pay them a fee every time I
> want
> to use one of my own works. No thanks.
>
> I would like the licenses I use for my works to try and shield me from
> that.
> Now, the few works I can create and put under such a license will not
> likely
> help me at all. But let a few million people put their works under such a
> license and perhaps it can make a difference. This is why I say a shield.
>
> That said, for whatever reason I don't want to enable it (DRM only for the
> blessed), I see no good reasons given why I should enable it. Whatever DRM
> clause that is proposed that doesn't allow that, is open to consideration
> on
> my part.
>
> Greg, how is it you missed my proposal all this time?
>
> all the best,
>
> drew
> --
> (da idea man)
> National Novel Writing Month
> Sayings (Winner 2006)
> http://www.ourmedia.org/node/262954
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