First, I feel that Lars handled the interview really well. He proved in stating his point without aggrevating the hardcore "free everything people" (which I am not one of). There is a fine line between what should be free and what should not. That is how America works. America dances on the line between anarchy and a totalitarian government. That is also the problem with free vs not free. Some things should be free and other should not but there is a fine point. Too much for free and we might as well live in a communist country. Too little and we might as well life in some other evil country. What is comes down to basically is that the internet is international and each country is different. Because of a majority of the world has some kind of socialist ideas, they expect things for free over the internet which directly conflicts with capitalism. The same can be said for opensource (I refuse to ad a tm to that crap). What is the line there. I know why people want so many freedoms on the net now. They are afraid that it will be taken over by various goverments, namely the us, and they are right in that. I know that given the first chance, the goverment would snatch the internet up in a second. I also know that I would like to make a buck off things that I make. And not just a buck. If the idea is good enough, I deserve more. And if I make too much because my idea is too good, they my company will be broken up into two or three different companies. Just as the US had to find the fine line between too much and too little freedom, so too must the internet and copyrights. If somebody wants to make something for everybody to use for free, good for them for being so generous. But if someone wants to make a buck off of something, they should be able to with no problem.
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First, I feel that Lars handled the interview really well. He proved in stating his point without aggrevating the hardcore "free everything people" (which I am not one of). There is a fine line between what should be free and what should not. That is how America works. America dances on the line between anarchy and a totalitarian government. That is also the problem with free vs not free. Some things should be free and other should not but there is a fine point. Too much for free and we might as well live in a communist country. Too little and we might as well life in some other evil country. What is comes down to basically is that the internet is international and each country is different. Because of a majority of the world has some kind of socialist ideas, they expect things for free over the internet which directly conflicts with capitalism. The same can be said for opensource (I refuse to ad a tm to that crap). What is the line there. I know why people want so many freedoms on the net now. They are afraid that it will be taken over by various goverments, namely the us, and they are right in that. I know that given the first chance, the goverment would snatch the internet up in a second. I also know that I would like to make a buck off things that I make. And not just a buck. If the idea is good enough, I deserve more. And if I make too much because my idea is too good, they my company will be broken up into two or three different companies. Just as the US had to find the fine line between too much and too little freedom, so too must the internet and copyrights. If somebody wants to make something for everybody to use for free, good for them for being so generous. But if someone wants to make a buck off of something, they should be able to with no problem.