Comments on: Russia’s Sane Thoughts on Copyright and Internet

By: drop.a.lama

drop.a.lama — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:02:00 +0000

the american and russian governments are constituted of individuals just like you. they care more about generalizing their beliefs, which are basically reactionary povs. at least they’re sure to gain more out this than any one of us. all the corrupt ones who swing both ways for the sake of it, or out of ignorance, will gain some votes.

of course copyrights are bad law, in that they over penalize and over protect. but they’re the only form popular incentive the world has known and accepted. mostly because powerful nations have thrust the regime upon governments (through international instruments which are not easy to get out of if your GDP is running backwards) which in themselves are clueless and powerless- which is not to excuse them either. with newer ways to incentivize creation, at least at the copyright level- we have donations, club subscriptions, magnatune, etc- there is some headway towards another system which clubs many informal regimes that can foster creativity without the operation of penal law.

so why not leave the cold war skullduggery behind and just bloody accept that at least Medvedev, whatever be his ‘ruskin’ motivations, for once at least has said a thing or two we all have said before, most important being that copyrights are incorrect insofar as they represent an archaic model which can no longer be effectively implemented

By: Brynjar Borgersen

Brynjar Borgersen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:57:00 +0000

Oh… Yeah… sure… that’s why Linux doesn’t have any…. Oh wait

By: Brynjar Borgersen

Brynjar Borgersen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:53:00 +0000

There’s no “Soviet” anymore. And hasn’t been for about 20 years ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:21:00 +0000

when? 2008?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:19:00 +0000

well whatever he’s up to, it’s not being president of Russia

By: Clubber

Clubber — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:16:00 +0000

Russian programmers are actually quite skilled, and have been every since I remember (Jimmy-Z in the Commodore days was Russian). Blindly following other people’s stereotypes makes you sound stupid.

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eG8 und die Freiheit des Internets « The Dead Cat Bounce — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:06:02 +0000

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By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:18:00 +0000

Yeah, having Microsoft being used as an excuse, to raid open source software in Russia, is really the best way to protect against piracy.

Or how about how the P2P raids in Russia are all politically related to keeping the former party in power?

Why not next time, you read up on how Russian piracy turns into censorship before going off on a tangent?

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:18:00 +0000

Yeah, having Microsoft being used as an excuse, to raid open source software in Russia, is really the best way to protect against piracy.

Or how about how the P2P raids in Russia are all politically related to keeping the former party in power?

Why not next time, you read up on how Russian piracy turns into censorship before going off on a tangent?

By: Russian President Skeptical Of Today’s Copyright Laws | Price Gadget Reviews

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:53:57 +0000

[...] regulations when it came to copyright issues, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev questioned the validity and necessity of such laws. Part of the G8 event was an attempt to put together specific [...]