Albert Hoffman, way back when(1941), discovered something that not only allows you to hear colors, but just about any other funky combination of senses you could imagine. It's called LSD.
First off, kiddo, there are perfectly clean lines in life. They just are not comfortable to accept or easy to understand.
All forms of information- music, software, literature - should be free and available to the public. Humans possess an innate desire to understand the world around them. Any attempts to control any form of information goes against our very nature. We will inevitably find ways to explore these ideas regardless of how restrictive policies governing the distribution of information become. Never before, and never in the future, will there be a successful attempt at censorship. The only thing you are supporting is a tighter control of the information that you are able to receive. You are allowing people who have no respect for you - who are only looking out for their best interest - to make you a less informed less educated citizen.
Perhaps you are worried that the artists that work so hard to produce good music or books won't get paid for their contribution. Free flow of information, however, does not affect sales. People that can afford to purchase a quality album, out of respect for the artist, generally do, regardless of whether or not it is available for no cost elsewhere. A study at Harvard has shown that this is true, albeit the study did only analyze the effects of file-sharing on the music industry (not books or software). They tracked music downloads over a 17 week period and then compared the file transfer data to market statistics for the songs and albums that users were downloading. They found that:
"Downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates - moreover, these estimates are of moderate economic significance and are inconsistent with claims that file-sharing is the primary reason for the recent decline in music sales,".
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No worries, I'm sure TI will get together with the GAP and come out with some hip new metal key boxes...
Albert Hoffman, way back when(1941), discovered something that not only allows you to hear colors, but just about any other funky combination of senses you could imagine. It's called LSD.
First off, kiddo, there are perfectly clean lines in life. They just are not comfortable to accept or easy to understand.
- filesharing.html
All forms of information- music, software, literature - should be free and available to the public. Humans possess an innate desire to understand the world around them. Any attempts to control any form of information goes against our very nature. We will inevitably find ways to explore these ideas regardless of how restrictive policies governing the distribution of information become. Never before, and never in the future, will there be a successful attempt at censorship. The only thing you are supporting is a tighter control of the information that you are able to receive. You are allowing people who have no respect for you - who are only looking out for their best interest - to make you a less informed less educated citizen.
Perhaps you are worried that the artists that work so hard to produce good music or books won't get paid for their contribution. Free flow of information, however, does not affect sales. People that can afford to purchase a quality album, out of respect for the artist, generally do, regardless of whether or not it is available for no cost elsewhere. A study at Harvard has shown that this is true, albeit the study did only analyze the effects of file-sharing on the music industry (not books or software). They tracked music downloads over a 17 week period and then compared the file transfer data to market statistics for the songs and albums that users were downloading. They found that:
"Downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates - moreover, these estimates are of moderate economic significance and are inconsistent with claims that file-sharing is the primary reason for the recent decline in music sales,".
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/04.15/09