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"On Megaupload you would share a file,” Dotcom replied. On the GCSB spy cloud you share private information about citizens that you don’t have any righ

• belorn 13y ago
  It is only ironic if one perceives the right to protect personal information as identical to copyright of publicly published information. To me, I value far more that people has a right to keep private information. People should have a right to not disclose information to the world about their medical history, religious belief, political opinion, or sexual preference. To me, to respect peoples right to privacy is not something that is open for discussion. To respect copyright is however open to discussion. Is promoting the Progress of Science and useful Arts better served with a "limited" life time + 99 years monopoly, or would it work better if we had frictionless creation? What kind of respect should general useful publicly published information get? Should we not consider the usefulness in allowing information to flow to any child and any person in need, regardless of that persons status in society? I would ask what the moral argument is in denying a child culture, just on the basis that their parents happen to be poor. Thus I see no irony in Dotcom arguing in favor of access rights regarding citizens private information, regardless of any legal disputes he might have with the copyright industry.