Comments on: The War on Sharing: Why the FSF Cares About RIAA Lawsuits

By: FSF treedt op tegen RIAA | Computertaal

FSF treedt op tegen RIAA | Computertaal — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:26:08 +0000

[...] verliezen. Verder ondermijnen deze aanvallen eveneens de vrije software – en dat kan ook niet de bedoeling [...]

By: War on sharing impacts open-source-TorrentFreak « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:27:39 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/the-war-on-sharing-why-the-fsf-cares-about-riaa-lawsuits-090513/ [...]

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:11:30 +0000

The Quality is bad,Then people dislike to grab one.

I guess,We should not join any clan like RIAA. I noticed that there are groups of independence of the HollyWood and RIAA,I guess they will replace the dumb

By: iFox

iFox — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:04:44 +0000

Sometimes I wonder about voting for Obama. I still hold that it was the right choice for ME to make. But now its more a “The lesser of two evils” case. Obama for oppression and McCain for WWIII.

US politics aside, this article was very VERY well written. I will recommend it to all my friends to try to do my own part in “fighting the war”.

By: Free software vs Hollywood and the RIAA « Mesanna’s Weblog

Free software vs Hollywood and the RIAA « Mesanna’s Weblog — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:06:13 +0000

[...] vs Hollywood and the RIAA I read a very interesting post on TorrentFreak recently, entitled “The War on Sharing: Why the FSF (Free Software Foundation) cares about RIAA Lawsuits“. Written by John Sullivan, Operations Manager at the Free Software Foundation, it’s a [...]

By: Why the free software community cares about The Pirate Bay : northxsouth : free software news from latin america

Sat, 16 May 2009 20:09:45 +0000

[...] activists should work to oppose these cases is best explained in a position paper entitled “The War on Sharing: Why the FSF Cares About RIAA Lawsuits“: [T]hese lawsuits represent a concerted attempt to rewrite copyright law in a way that [...]

By: Gundam Pilot

Gundam Pilot — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:01:34 +0000

I meant:

That is like arguing that people should have the freedom to enslave others.

By: Gundam Pilot

Gundam Pilot — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:55:58 +0000

@33 Anom

You don’t anything about the Free Software Foundation.

This article is CC-BY-ND, and as you can easily see, they use “CC licenses”.

They don’t use only the GNU GPL for programs either.

The only freedom “BDS like” licenses give more than the GNU GPL is the freedom to convert a free program to a non-free one.

You are using a very old flawed argument.

That’s like arguing that slavery should be aloud for people to be truly free.

Also, most of the CC licenses are more restrictive than the GNU GPL.

By: sovereignjohn

sovereignjohn — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:37:40 +0000

Why not make our own music, video, software, newspapers, books and magazines in a free software format so we can tell propitiatory assholes goodbye.

We all need to stop funding our own demise.

They’ll change their ways if we change our buying habits ;)

By: Sassinak

Sassinak — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:26:34 +0000

And What if I dont want to hear said music: can I get a refund?

By: Sassinak

Sassinak — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:06:53 +0000

Soooo, if sharing music is illegal unless paid for….What can be done about Nightclubs? Charge each customer a dollar a song? Charge the DJ? What about elevator music? or supermarket music?

By: Neverhood

Neverhood — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:15:12 +0000

Excellent article!
Since I became aware of these attacks on our rights, I have refused to buy anything from EMI, Sony, Universal, Warner Brothers, Microsoft and Apple.

I refuse to support companies that actively poisons our society like this!

By: Anon-e-mouse

Anon-e-mouse — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:32:48 +0000

Excellent article.

I commend the FSF for fighting for all of us.

I personally refuse to buy any commercial music cd’s knowing the money goes to greedy corporations and very little to the artist, but I do support the independents.

If we all did this and the artists started earning nothing, how long would it take for artists to start making the leap away from these greedy a-holes. Only then, when they can no longer gouging everyone, will we be rid of the RIAA/MPAA for good!!!!

p.s. right-on #75

By: TICS nerviosos » Blog Archive » La Guerra contra el Compartir: ¿Por qué le importan a la FSF las demandas de la RIAA*?

Thu, 14 May 2009 23:11:33 +0000

[...] llamado “The War on Sharing: Why the FSF Cares About RIAA Lawsuits” publicado en Torrent Freak el 13 de mayo de 2009. Las siglas RIAA se refieren a la Asociación Americana de la Industria [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:36:39 +0000

this is a picture of what could happen if the maffia gets their way by some chance

“http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6055022735714006569″

remove quotes

By: UFO

UFO — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:32:35 +0000

30 May 13, 2009 at 19:04 by Hom3r

too much words

This made me cringe and then laugh. People like you are the problem nowadays.

By: Caro_cr

Caro_cr — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:20:18 +0000

I wrote a translation to spanish. http://ur1.ca/4b9z

Hice una traducción al español http://ur1.ca/4b9z

By: La Guerra contra el Compartir: ¿Por qué le importan a la FSF las demandas de la RIAA*? » Mi Colmo-Visión

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:00:12 +0000

By: A Guerra do Compartilhamento: Por que a FSF se ocupa com os processos da RIAA? | Trezentos

Thu, 14 May 2009 18:28:56 +0000

[...] Se você lê inglês, dê uma olhada. [...]

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:55:29 +0000

Great article. @John Sullivan Did you try publishing it at some tech magazines, newspapers? This one would be easy to understand by non-tech people and it gets to the point. I would love to see that it’s not only internet community that is against RIAA but also to make non-internet people aware of what’s happening.