Mon, 20 Dec 1999 found illegal art writing:
>But there is some bootlegging/piracy that doesn't seek to make a profit.
>So... is that wrong? If I buy books (or steal them), scan the contents and
>put them up on the web so that people who can't afford them or even locate
>them can have access to their contents... is that wrong?
It may not be wrong but I believe it's a different fight. It gets into
issues like freedom of information, equal access to information, etc.
which is a related and worthy cause but a different one, different from
giving artists the right to make recombinant art.
smh
Steev Hise, Infoserf
steevAThise.org http://www.cyborganic.com/people/steev
recycled art site: http://www.detritus.net
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