[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 02:04:11PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:

> > Now buy your best Aberdeen Angus cow, slaughter it yourself (EU laws permitting)
> > and duplicate the best joints. Have the farmers got a reasonable complaint
> > or are they now the loosers in a competitive market ?
> 
> "Talking to your neighbour over the fence is depriving AT&T of their
> rightful revenue" as someone's sig quote has it.
> 
> Similarly, drying your washing on a line deprives the power companies of
> money, and doesn't contribute to the economy.
> 
> We're dealing with broken economic models using legal powers to retain
> their position.

We do have this situation in the real world now. If a farmer buys corn/... seed
from Monsanta (sp?) they are not allowed to keep 5% and plant it for next year's
crop.

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