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Interview with EFF's Fred Von Lohmann

Posted by michael on from the talking-the-talk dept.

scubacuda writes "Tech Focus has an --> interview with EFF's Fred Von Lohmann, Senior Intellectual Property Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Covered in the interview: Kazaa, commercial skipping, DMCA, 802.11b networks, congressmen friendly to the idea of "fair use", and how to "make a difference"." Update: 01/08 17:42 GMT by M : Link changed to reduce the load on Techfocus.

3 of 156 comments (clear)

  1. nonviolence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    non-violence really worked wonders for all the dead jews in nazi germany.

  2. Re:This issue is more important and far ranging th by jazman_777 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Islamic civilization was supreme.

    Any creativity out of Islamic civilization was due to the creativity of the conquered peoples, not anything within Islam. After the conquered peoples were completely crushed/blended in, it all went to pieces.

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    Slashdot: Failed Car Analogies. Amateur Lawyering. Anecdote Battles.
  3. Re:How you can *really* make a difference... by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi

    [does spit-take with coffee into monitor; writes this one-handed while wiping the screen]

    So now the pirates are wrapping themselves in the sari of Ahimsa?! Glad I read it here; If someone had told me this, I would not have believed it.

    Thanks, son, for my laugh of the day.

    Oh, wait, I just visited your homepage.

    Anime Fan-Fic, eh? Great God in Heaven, where do I begin...? I'd probably have an easier time finding some common ground with a cross-dressing Islamic fundamentalist... OK, try these two concepts:

    [1] Imagine that all the manga, from which so much of the anime that floats your boat is based on, were to suddenly be given away for free. I'd say you'd be looking for a new hobby pretty quickly. Might I suggest butterfly-catching?

    [2] Or, let's imagine that, instead of spending your time writing derivative work based upon that of another creator, you had enough talent to author an original story (I know it's a stretch, but work with me on this one, 'kay?). Let's even pretend that you had to support your family on the revenue you derived from the distribution of your masterpiece. Dat ol' information don't want to be so free anymore, now, does it, Bunky?

    One last suggestion: Print out what you wrote here today, and save it in a cigar box, to be opened 20 years from now. This way, after you have become one of those "old people on the Internet" whom you abhor, and are about to chew some naive punk's head off in whatever constitutes a cyber-community in 2023, you'll show some restraint, being reminded of your own angry and idealistically naive youth.

    It (usually) works for me.