"You appear to be starting a new religion, would you like some help with that?" - annoying talking paperclip from Windows 2098 Memetic Edition.
Totally off-topic, but your comment reminded me so strongly of the above quote - from Gurps Transhuman Space(THS) - the best hard sci-fi post-cyberpunk rpg setting I've encountered - highly recommended :)
Hmm, Ok, it can be related to the topic, as THS has one of the main ideologies being Info-socialism, i.e. ripping MP3's isn't theft - "intellectual property is theft", and creative folk should be supported from the public purse. There is a cold war between the WTO copyrightist countries and the blockaded info-socialists. Very plausible I'd say.
re: starts new religion
Totally off-topic, but your comment reminded me so strongly of the above quote - from Gurps Transhuman Space(THS) - the best hard sci-fi post-cyberpunk rpg setting I've encountered - highly recommended :)
Hmm, Ok, it can be related to the topic, as THS has one of the main ideologies being Info-socialism, i.e. ripping MP3's isn't theft - "intellectual property is theft", and creative folk should be supported from the public purse. There is a cold war between the WTO copyrightist countries and the blockaded info-socialists. Very plausible I'd say.
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