August, 20, 2002 archives
ten years after the breakup of the soviet union, russia and ukraine are still divvying up property. even whole countries get into situations with which nearly everyone can relate.
my summary of what bill gates said about microsoft reporting stock options as expenses: as in most areas, microsoft won't be a leader and innovator in this area. but when we finally play catch up, ours will look pretty, be more expensive, and we'll leverage our monopoly power to become the largest single provider of stock options.
so the president of news corp. says there's an enormous amount of worthless content online. it seems odd that the president of the parent company of the fox network would think he has some sort of moral high ground to stand on with regards to this issue.
i am willing to condemn outright theft by digital means. this includes:
- theft of my previously unregulated rights
- theft of my fair-use rights
- theft of monopoly rights on intellectual
property
for perpetuity
more powerful stuff from lawrence lessig. although it is written to address a particular squeaky wheel, it overflows with his usual wisdom.