[51032] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Major Labels v. Backbones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Mon Aug 19 14:08:54 2002
From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <michael.dillon@radianz.com>, <NANOG@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:03:58 -0700
In-Reply-To: <OFCE1CD544.F1B2572A-ON80256C1A.0056F947-80256C1A.0057CDF0@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:59:03 +0100, michael.dillon@radianz.com=
wrote:
>The industry needs one or more clueful persons willing to act as=
expert
>witnesses in these types of court cases. Because of Dave=
Farber's role in
>the early Internet, the legal community views him as an=
authority on the
>subject. At this point I think there are a lot of people whose=
knowledge
>is more current and more thorough and these people could help=
the courts
>make better decisions if they would step up and offer their=
services as
>expert witnesses or as advisors to the legal teams arguing these=
cases.
>
>Michael Dillon
=09Ideally, someone with some cluefullness in international affairs=
could
explain that the U.S., because of Hollywood and the record=
industry, is
particular concerned about intellectual property. But other=
countries are
concerned about other things. China wants to stop the spread of=
Democratic
ideals. France wants to stop holocaust denial. Once the U.S.=
courts adopt the
principle that you can attack anything you can reach to suppress=
the spread
of content you don't like, where will it end?
=09I'm not saying that I don't oppose piracy and wanton copyright=
violations.
I'm just saying that sometimes in international affairs, you have=
to give
something up to win something greater. You want to coax other=
countries into
allowing you to trade in their countries, you have to give up=
some protective
tarrifs. I'm afraid other countries won't see a difference=
between us using
our courts to enforce our laws and them using their courts to=
enforce their
laws.
=09Here it's a matter of which is more important. Is real global=
freedom of
political speech more important that the music industry? Does=
anybody need to
think twice about that?
=09DS
