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[log in to unmask] wrote:
> There is a saying... 'the boss is always right'... so is hegemony,
> always right... because they make the rule so their saying is always
> right :-)
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> so regarding IPR, priority watch list, censorship, wiretapping... if
> you are the boss then you may with reason of course,... if not,then
> you are against the rule :-)
>
> i agree with 'Evil of one kind in country A does not excuse evil of
> another kind in
> country B'
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> rr - apwkomitel
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> *From:* Richard Stallman <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* rusdiah <[log in to unmask]>
> *Cc:* [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
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> *Sent:* Wed, November 18, 2009 7:10:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Wsis-pct] Obama calls for free Internet in China... is
> Internet really free afterall ? : For Information: IGF 2009 event
> rattled by UN Security Office
>
> Internet is not as free after all, every country in the world has
> censorship policy and wiretapping policy of its own...
>
> Not all countries block access to particular Internet sites. (The US
> does not.) It is true that many countries have such policies or are
> trying to establish them. This is an injustice no matter where it is
> done, and no matter what the excuse.
>
> Obama does not favor an "open internet". Outside of countries such as
> China, the nastiest form of restriction of the internet is the War on
> Sharing, which Obama supports. So he is being hypocritical here.
>
> How should we respond to his hypocrisy? Should we reject criticism of
> China, just because someone who also does wrong joins in the
> criticism? Certainly not! What we should do is criticize the US
> _also_.
>
> Evil of one kind in country A does not excuse evil of another kind in
> country B.
>
> How about also free software movement... freeing people from monopoly
> licensing of proprietary (IPR)
>
> I agree with the sentiment, but it is not good to use the term "IPR".
> It doesn't refer to anythin coherent. What it SEEMS to mean is a
> false picture of actual laws, and a false idea of their motives.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html.
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