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I think you missed my point. It's time to #AbolishCopyright and #AbolishPatents. Tear down the walls that keep information in the hands of the 1% and keep the

by breck 6y ago

I think you missed my point. It's time to #AbolishCopyright and #AbolishPatents. Tear down the walls that keep information in the hands of the 1% and keep the masses in the dark. (Speaking as someone who could live quite comfortably in the 1% but doesn't feel it is right)

mikestew 6y ago
You quote one of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, and you're telling the reader they missed your point if they didn't take it to be about copyright? Did I miss the real "/s"?
- breck 6y ago
  > You quote one of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, and you're telling the reader they missed your point if they didn't take it to be about copyright? Did I miss the real "/s"? The OP wasn't paying attention to important context. It would be like if someone at Reagan's speech said, "There's no substance to that line. It wouldn't have been on TV except for the person who said it. It's hard to see how something like this is going to generate useful discussion. Is it the color of the wall or the dimensions of the wall that he has a problem with?" PG, a man with a huge reach, nothing to gain (and a lot to lose) from taking a stand on such a controversial issue that the public is far from knowing what the just side is, who doesn't mince words and thinks deeply about topics until he arrives at the truth, just came out and stated his support for Sci-Hub. Beyond the practical matter that he is at least an acquaintence of @jack's, perhaps even a friend (I have no knowledge of their relationship, other than I had a YC dinner a long time ago with them), and this might lead to @Sci_hub's reinstatement, it is an inspirational message for those of us who are fighting so that every child has access to the world's best information. YMMV, but I personally would consider the abolition of copyrights and patents to be bigger than the reunification of Germany in the long run. Context matters. The substance is deep.
  - mikestew 6y ago
    I still don't get it, but thanks for putting in the effort to try an explain it.
    - breck 6y ago
      I agree it's sort of a weird stretch ;)

by breck 6y ago

mikestew 6y ago

You quote one of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, and you're telling the reader they missed your point if they didn't take it to be about copyright? Did I miss the real "/s"?

breck 6y ago
> You quote one of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, and you're telling the reader they missed your point if they didn't take it to be about copyright? Did I miss the real "/s"? The OP wasn't paying attention to important context. It would be like if someone at Reagan's speech said, "There's no substance to that line. It wouldn't have been on TV except for the person who said it. It's hard to see how something like this is going to generate useful discussion. Is it the color of the wall or the dimensions of the wall that he has a problem with?" PG, a man with a huge reach, nothing to gain (and a lot to lose) from taking a stand on such a controversial issue that the public is far from knowing what the just side is, who doesn't mince words and thinks deeply about topics until he arrives at the truth, just came out and stated his support for Sci-Hub. Beyond the practical matter that he is at least an acquaintence of @jack's, perhaps even a friend (I have no knowledge of their relationship, other than I had a YC dinner a long time ago with them), and this might lead to @Sci_hub's reinstatement, it is an inspirational message for those of us who are fighting so that every child has access to the world's best information. YMMV, but I personally would consider the abolition of copyrights and patents to be bigger than the reunification of Germany in the long run. Context matters. The substance is deep.
- mikestew 6y ago
  I still don't get it, but thanks for putting in the effort to try an explain it.
  - breck 6y ago
    I agree it's sort of a weird stretch ;)