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http://chomsky.info/books/counter-revolutionary-violence.htm http://chomsky.info/books/counter-revolutionary-violence.htm like this? or this: http://books.zcom

http://chomsky.info/books/counter-revolutionary-violence.htm http://chomsky.info/books/counter-revolutionary-violence.htm like this? or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/year/year-overview.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/year/year-overview.... or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/sld/sld-contents.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/sld/sld-contents.ht... or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/rab/rab-contents.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/rab/rab-contents.ht... or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/ni/ni-contents.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/ni/ni-contents.html or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/dd/dd-overview.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/dd/dd-overview.html or this: http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/rc/rc-contents.html http://books.zcommunications.org/chomsky/rc/rc-contents.html

TomOfTTB 16y ago
In fairness just because something is published on the web doesn't mean it is in the public domain. A manufacturer can publish blueprints but you can't build and sell an improved version of their product if they have a patent on it.
- secretasiandan 16y ago
  In fairness just because something is SOLD on the web doesn't mean it is NOT in the public domain.
- RobertL 16y ago
  Chomsky's other problem is he's not an "intellectual". He's just a popular college prof who babbles a lot.
davidw 16y ago
Even if they were all in the public domain, he's basically "set", being a university professor with tenure. It would be a less pleasant world where only those with other secure income from other sources could produce information goods.
- dexen 16y ago
  He is `set' because he continuously fulfills the expectation of the employer: he publishes (and teaches etc.). And expectations of the wide public: he provides information to us. The employer (university) is happy, because those publications bring them money, even if indirectly. And you were going to say that's a bad thing because...? Sure university is a somewhat special case; we don't expect everybody to become a professor. But, in similar vein, artists earn money by performing. Open source developers earn money by utilizing their knowledge and skill in paid-for projects. Etc., etc.
  - davidw 16y ago
    If you read what I wrote, I made no criticism of him for doing his job. I said it would be a poorer world were the only people who could afford to write those with independent sources of income. > artists earn money by performing What you're saying, in economic terms, is that musicians have rivalrous, excludable goods they can produce: the concert experience. That's not bad, although it would have the IMO negative effect of leaving the Brian Wilson (much more oriented towards studio work than touring) types between a rock and a hard place. Authors don't really have that: they could sign books, but that would reduce their income drastically, as most copies would be freely had. > Open source developers earn money by utilizing their knowledge and skill in paid-for projects. As for the open source developers, but WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM in those paid-for projects? Scarcity is where it comes from, and often, they're getting paid to work on open source by someone who deals in the artificial scarcity of intellectual property.
    - dexen 16y ago
      > (...) WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM in those paid-for projects? Scarcity is where it comes from (...) Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Google, IBM and the likes earn by selling services and goods rather than artificially limiting intellectual property. ((cue Android download link and AdWords control panel link))
      - davidw 16y ago

TomOfTTB 16y ago

In fairness just because something is published on the web doesn't mean it is in the public domain. A manufacturer can publish blueprints but you can't build and sell an improved version of their product if they have a patent on it.

secretasiandan 16y ago
In fairness just because something is SOLD on the web doesn't mean it is NOT in the public domain.
RobertL 16y ago
Chomsky's other problem is he's not an "intellectual". He's just a popular college prof who babbles a lot.

davidw 16y ago

Even if they were all in the public domain, he's basically "set", being a university professor with tenure. It would be a less pleasant world where only those with other secure income from other sources could produce information goods.

dexen 16y ago
He is `set' because he continuously fulfills the expectation of the employer: he publishes (and teaches etc.). And expectations of the wide public: he provides information to us. The employer (university) is happy, because those publications bring them money, even if indirectly. And you were going to say that's a bad thing because...? Sure university is a somewhat special case; we don't expect everybody to become a professor. But, in similar vein, artists earn money by performing. Open source developers earn money by utilizing their knowledge and skill in paid-for projects. Etc., etc.
- davidw 16y ago
  If you read what I wrote, I made no criticism of him for doing his job. I said it would be a poorer world were the only people who could afford to write those with independent sources of income. > artists earn money by performing What you're saying, in economic terms, is that musicians have rivalrous, excludable goods they can produce: the concert experience. That's not bad, although it would have the IMO negative effect of leaving the Brian Wilson (much more oriented towards studio work than touring) types between a rock and a hard place. Authors don't really have that: they could sign books, but that would reduce their income drastically, as most copies would be freely had. > Open source developers earn money by utilizing their knowledge and skill in paid-for projects. As for the open source developers, but WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM in those paid-for projects? Scarcity is where it comes from, and often, they're getting paid to work on open source by someone who deals in the artificial scarcity of intellectual property.
  - dexen 16y ago
    > (...) WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM in those paid-for projects? Scarcity is where it comes from (...) Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Google, IBM and the likes earn by selling services and goods rather than artificially limiting intellectual property. ((cue Android download link and AdWords control panel link))
    - davidw 16y ago