A thousand times Yes! Consider me a converted Kopimist.<div>Andrew, there is some evidence to suggest those who "pirate" actually buy more.[1]</div><div>See you Sunday - in proper robe/cloak attire.</div><div>Max</div>
<div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music</a></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 December 2012 17:02, Andrew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@roshambomedia.com" target="_blank">andrew@roshambomedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi Steve,</p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif">I'm sure the sudoroom list is probably not the best forum. Maybe at our next meeting ( or before it ) we can come up with something better.</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif">I would say the short answer to your question would be that you could, for example, sell an album online, but once someone has it, they are free to copy and share it if they want or encourage others to pay you for it. It's entirely up to them. Another example is that i could sell a book, but if someone wanted to copy it and sell it as their own that's ok because whats important is the information, not who owns it.</font></p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Steve Berl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steveberl@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveberl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I can't make it next Sunday, but I'd like to know more about this. In particular I am curious how, in such a system, do content creators (musicians, authors, etc) get paid for their work?<div><br></div><div>Is there a good forum for such a discussion?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-steve</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Jae Kwon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jkwon.work@gmail.com" target="_blank">jkwon.work@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">We had a vibrant discussion of a fork of Kopimism yesterday, centered around the natural laws of information.<div>
<br></div><div>Next week on Sunday at 1pm we'll meet at SudoRoom to discuss future steps on how to hack society's understanding of information and "intellectual property" for a swift transformation towards internet/speech freedom and patent reform.</div>
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</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="line-height:19.19999885559082px;font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em">Today, information is ownable. This entails a complex/costly system of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-image:url();padding-right:13px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">statutory</a> regulations that attempt to prohibit the transmission of information and limit our powers of free speech in order to protect the financial interests of "content owners".</div>
<div style="line-height:19.19999885559082px;font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em">There is a fundamentally different way, hereafter referred to as Kopimism, that is at odds with today's complex and self-defeating system of intellectual property. Kopimism is simpler, more efficient, and arguably better for everybody in the long run.</div>
<div style="line-height:19.19999885559082px;font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em">Kopimism is so good because it is in harmony with (and better exploits) the natural laws of reality. Information (a dual of matter) is intangible, inexhaustible, and illuminating. As matter wants to fall, information wants to be free. Kopimism takes advantage of these sacred (God given) properties of reality for the benefit of humanity.</div>
<div style="line-height:19.19999885559082px;font-size:12.666666984558105px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em">We have an opportunity to introduce Kopimism to the mainstream by propagating this <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-image:url();padding-right:13px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" target="_blank">normative</a> way of Kopimism that arrises from our understanding of reality. Our mission is to unite the factions and transition the world towards a society of complete information freedom through the transformation of our own way of being.</div>
</blockquote><br></div><div><a href="http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Kopimism" target="_blank">http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Kopimism</a> (please edit as you wish)<br><div><br><div>Our next meeting will be Dec 16th at 1pm.</div></div>
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