[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

[Ray Saintonge]

Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>   
>> If you are going to build an analysis on the notion of theft and law
>> enforcement, you also need to acknowledge that the concepts of "market"
>> and "market share" are also a part of western capitalist thought.
>>
>> My aim is not to enforce western laws as an end in themselves, but I
>> have no compunctions about using those laws as a tool. Free licences can
>> also be viewed as tools for achieving free knowledge.  If we really want
>> knowledge to be free we have to stop treating it as a market commodity.
>> Once it belongs to everybody it's no longer stealable.
>>     
> Unless I'm seriously misunderstanding your position, I believe you and I are
> of the same mind here.
>
>   
I agree. 

Our disagreement on the use of the word "theft" is really a secondary 
issue.  I do think it's one of those loaded words that only serves to 
ratchet up the rhetoric.  "Infringement" is a much less inflammatory word.

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