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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Intellectual property
  • Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:42:55 -0500

Jonathan Storvick wrote:
Hi all,

I'd like to make to make a couple of quick points here. First of all, it
was a pirated pdf copy of Mollison's Permaculture Two that got me interested
in permaculture in the first place, and inspired me to save up the money to
take a PDC - and also to purchase a copy of the Designer's Manual. So while
in the first place, I engaged in "piracy" - an act which many on this list
are angrily decrying, it was the impetus for a lifechanging experience and
has indirectly contributed monetarily to both Mollison and the individuals
who taught my PDC. So instead of criminalizing and ostracizing Evan (love
your blog, btw, dude), we might be thanking him for providing individuals
like myself with information that can lead to a lifetime of sustainable
action (which benefits us all in the long run).

Also - some of the diatribes posted on this list against Evan seem
altogether out of character for a group of folks dedicated to making this
world a better place. Shouldn't this issue inspire respectful debate
rather than anger, finger-pointing and veiled threats? In my opinion,
People Care demands much more than that from us.

Cheers,

Jon Storvick
Autonomy Without Tears
http://autonomywotears.blogspot.com

What a great blog you've created, Jonathan, a major piece of work especially your research paper:
"Polycultural Agriculture: How Agroecological Systems Yield Greater
Benefits to the Environment, Human Health and Social Justice"
http://autonomywotears.blogspot.com/2009/08/polycultural-vs-monocultural.html

It is hit and miss, nothing engraved in stone. A book is written to sell for income or it is written and made available for free to the public or the for-profit work is converted to a freebie after a time. Its all up to the author and noone else. Its a time tested proven system. Just because its the digital age and it is easy to put any work online doesn't give anyone the right to do so without the author's permission.

Facts of life; works will be pirated and put online anyway. Useful for those who can access them. If this happened open ended fewer authors would write for a living and less good works would be available to help
sustain our cllective knowledgebase.




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