Re:The Study is right and wrong at the same time
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Bravo. I completely agree. I don't know how many people read Jon's book, Geeks, but this is one of the main points he raises. Someone inherently withdrwawn and alternatively social is going to possibly see the Internet as a way to be social exactly the way they want to, something that was previously much harder to do. I personally (how's that for small sample?) don't know any previously gregarious party animals who got sucked into a lonely cyber-existence, now tearing themselves away from their iMacs only to scurry to Office Max for printer cartidges. Those who are social by nature will use the Internet to enhance that aspect of their personality If someone has chosen to be alternatively social then the Internet will open up new worlds.
One of the most basic tenets of the entire open source movement is that copyrighting material traditionally is not necessarily in everyone's best interest. While many Slashdot readers are creators of easily reproducible content, that is exactly the point of said creation. The current debate over DeCSS and its implications for endusers would never have occurred four years ago. But because the (modern)open source movement and forums like this one exist and flourish people are beginning to question the notion of "best interest" and its ugly stepsister "copyright". With voice comes choice and the DeCSS debate is important if only to foster that idea.
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Bravo. I completely agree. I don't know how many people read Jon's book, Geeks, but this is one of the main points he raises. Someone inherently withdrwawn and alternatively social is going to possibly see the Internet as a way to be social exactly the way they want to, something that was previously much harder to do. I personally (how's that for small sample?) don't know any previously gregarious party animals who got sucked into a lonely cyber-existence, now tearing themselves away from their iMacs only to scurry to Office Max for printer cartidges. Those who are social by nature will use the Internet to enhance that aspect of their personality If someone has chosen to be alternatively social then the Internet will open up new worlds.
One of the most basic tenets of the entire open source movement is that copyrighting material traditionally is not necessarily in everyone's best interest. While many Slashdot readers are creators of easily reproducible content, that is exactly the point of said creation. The current debate over DeCSS and its implications for endusers would never have occurred four years ago. But because the (modern)open source movement and forums like this one exist and flourish people are beginning to question the notion of "best interest" and its ugly stepsister "copyright". With voice comes choice and the DeCSS debate is important if only to foster that idea.
-Phunnel