Maybe he's changed his mind since, but didn't Bowie sue Vanilla Ice for sampling "Under Pressure" without paying royalties? And now he's arguing that copyright is obsolete? WTF?
Even if this were true, which it apparently is not, I don't see any indication of Bowie's opinion on whether the situation is good, bad, desirable, awful or whatnot. He's just making a bald observation. He believes copyright will soon be obsolete. That's all.
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Actually, Karl Marx himself said 'I am not a Marxist' while he was still alive. So even then he didn't like the movements claiming to be derived from his philosophy.
This is not so much a repeat as a clarification. The title of the story you cite is 'Post-it Notes vs. Copy-inhibited CDs' and though it does mention the marker trick most people will remember the headline rather than a secondary point mentioned in the article. Also, most of the discussion seems to be about the malfunctions caused by the copy-protection and possible legal troubles caused by this. The point about the marker is drowned in the noise. Now that the incredible ease of the marker trick has been emphasized by the mainstream media it's no surprise that you are getting resubmissions.
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Maybe he's changed his mind since, but didn't Bowie sue Vanilla Ice for sampling "Under Pressure" without paying royalties? And now he's arguing that copyright is obsolete? WTF?
Even if this were true, which it apparently is not, I don't see any indication of Bowie's opinion on whether the situation is good, bad, desirable, awful or whatnot. He's just making a bald observation. He believes copyright will soon be obsolete. That's all.
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Actually, Karl Marx himself said 'I am not a Marxist' while he was still alive. So even then he didn't like the movements claiming to be derived from his philosophy.
This is not so much a repeat as a clarification. The title of the story you cite is 'Post-it Notes vs. Copy-inhibited CDs' and though it does mention the marker trick most people will remember the headline rather than a secondary point mentioned in the article. Also, most of the discussion seems to be about the malfunctions caused by the copy-protection and possible legal troubles caused by this. The point about the marker is drowned in the noise. Now that the incredible ease of the marker trick has been emphasized by the mainstream media it's no surprise that you are getting resubmissions.