[sudoroom] Kopimism

[Max Klein]

A thousand times Yes! Consider me a converted Kopimist.
Andrew, there is some evidence to suggest those who "pirate" actually buy
more.[1]
See you Sunday - in proper robe/cloak attire.
Max

[1]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music


On 9 December 2012 17:02, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> Is there a good forum for such a discussion?
>>
>> -steve
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Jae Kwon <jkwon.work at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We had a vibrant discussion of a fork of Kopimism yesterday, centered
>>> around the natural laws of information.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Today, information is ownable. This entails a complex/costly system of
>>> statutory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute> 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".
>>> 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.
>>> 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.
>>> We have an opportunity to introduce Kopimism to the mainstream by
>>> propagating this normative <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Kopimism (please edit as you wish)
>>>
>>> Our next meeting will be Dec 16th at 1pm.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> -steve
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