Every day, the hateful rants of Limbaugh, Hannity and Savage are broadcast far and wide across America. These guys regularly denounce half the populace as traitors, as terrorists and worse. Michael Savage, in particular, is known for calling anybody to his left a "lizard" who should be exterminated. Of course, these same people are regularly featured on network news programs. Their writings appear in our major newspapers and magazines. They have million dollar book deals. They're media darlings and celebrities.
And now these same media outlets are getting all upset because blogs are uncivil?
These huge media congolmerates are fooling themselves if they think they can stop 'piracy'. The announcement of Gnutella on slashdot yesterday is a perfect example: it's specifically designed to circumvent the type of restrictions colleges are placing on napster.
Unfortunately, the media companies will continue to use the legal system to punish individual people. I see the current environment of 'piracy' more as an environment of civil disobedience against not only the laws and licenses of the media monopolies but also against the punishment of individuals under these outdated laws.
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Every day, the hateful rants of Limbaugh, Hannity and Savage are broadcast far and wide across America. These guys regularly denounce half the populace as traitors, as terrorists and worse. Michael Savage, in particular, is known for calling anybody to his left a "lizard" who should be exterminated. Of course, these same people are regularly featured on network news programs. Their writings appear in our major newspapers and magazines. They have million dollar book deals. They're media darlings and celebrities.
And now these same media outlets are getting all upset because blogs are uncivil?
Unfortunately, the media companies will continue to use the legal system to punish individual people. I see the current environment of 'piracy' more as an environment of civil disobedience against not only the laws and licenses of the media monopolies but also against the punishment of individuals under these outdated laws.