<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post112879319333707487..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113008967207378600</id><published>2005-10-23T13:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-23T13:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My concern is with culture&#39;s continued existence, ...</title><summary type='text'>My concern is with culture&#39;s continued existence, not with making money, Kirby. Money is all you see Kirby. It would be so nice if you just called off your attorneys and simply agreed to a reasonable settlement. I&#39;m sure one could make an equitable payment to satisfy your quest for wealth. Is having a readership too little to bear? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m amazed how you have twisted this discussion into </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/113008967207378600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/113008967207378600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1130089620000#c113008967207378600' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112955695749262325</id><published>2005-10-17T09:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T09:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stealing is stealing by any other name.  Patrick I...</title><summary type='text'>Stealing is stealing by any other name.  Patrick I think you keep trying to change the identity of the act you want to perform.  After all, you started with the term &quot;piracy.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Making use of what is available&quot; without paying for it, is stealing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think Thomas and I are just trying to hold on to a few valid distinctions, as poisonous as that might be to you in your Humpty Dumpty</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112955695749262325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112955695749262325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129556940000#c112955695749262325' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112948908760403944</id><published>2005-10-16T14:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T14:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, one last time, Patrick: what I am trying to ...</title><summary type='text'>Okay, one last time, Patrick: what I am trying to tell you is that it (intellectual property) &lt;I&gt;ain&#39;t&lt;/I&gt; freely available because there &lt;I&gt;are&lt;/I&gt; consequences of using it in one way rather than another (roughly: with or without the author&#39;s permission.) I don&#39;t know enough about you to tell you what philosophies you&#39;re stuck on; don&#39;t pretend to know enough about mine. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Under </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112948908760403944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112948908760403944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129489080000#c112948908760403944' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112948434918079806</id><published>2005-10-16T13:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T13:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You guys are stuck on an us v. them philosophy. I&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>You guys are stuck on an us v. them philosophy. I&#39;m not talking about stealing, I&#39;m talking about making use of what is available.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The focus should be on accomplishment, not on the means. All you guys care about is the dissemination of your idea of yourself. That is your only production.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mr. Kirby Olson, your comments are pure vitriol.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112948434918079806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112948434918079806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129484340000#c112948434918079806' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112946774998076744</id><published>2005-10-16T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T09:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Patrick, could you explain why you are not a shopl...</title><summary type='text'>Patrick, could you explain why you are not a shoplifter?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps from that we could build an analogy to why you should also not be a plagiarist.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112946774998076744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112946774998076744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129467720000#c112946774998076744' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112944945101425407</id><published>2005-10-16T03:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T03:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Like clean water, telephones and safe sex, piracy ...</title><summary type='text'>Like clean water, telephones and safe sex, piracy is not everywhere. It is in the power of some and not others to commit it. Pirates do not redistribute the means of their piracy equally. That&#39;s why big agencies like state governments must serve and protect the little guy. It&#39;s not a perfect world.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have no image of your person, Patrick, but I am getting a better sense of your ideas, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112944945101425407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112944945101425407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129449420000#c112944945101425407' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112943147204824969</id><published>2005-10-15T22:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T22:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guys, calm down. You have abandoned the opportunit...</title><summary type='text'>Guys, calm down. You have abandoned the opportunity to discuss copyright and are predictably focused on my person.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, piracy is everywhere, and thankfully, or inequality in this world would just be accepted as the proper order of things. (One person&#39;s poverty or class distinction could just be shrugged off as natural, like Barbara Bush on New Orleans.) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for adjusting </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112943147204824969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112943147204824969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129431420000#c112943147204824969' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112941594309772969</id><published>2005-10-15T18:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T18:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As long as you are following all the laws, Patrick...</title><summary type='text'>As long as you are following all the laws, Patrick, you can think risky things.  It&#39;s covered in the first amendment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I think Thomas and I are arguing the same thing.  It&#39;s so wonderful to agree now and then.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that even Ron agreed.  That&#39;s a quorum in my view.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941594309772969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941594309772969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129415940000#c112941594309772969' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112941505648051991</id><published>2005-10-15T18:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T18:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Global inequality is the norm, Patrick.How is, &quot;At...</title><summary type='text'>Global inequality &lt;I&gt;is&lt;/I&gt; the norm, Patrick.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How is, &quot;At the end of the day either you believe in X and choose to honor it, or you align yourself with Y-like ideas and believe in them,&quot; not a call for attitude adjustment?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How is the preference for &quot;openly exploring what is unknown and grow rich through the discovery&quot; not an adjusted attitude?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think the only point </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941505648051991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941505648051991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129415040000#c112941505648051991' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112941399899318387</id><published>2005-10-15T18:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T18:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Piracy is just deviant behavior. More than 1 out o...</title><summary type='text'>Piracy is just deviant behavior. More than 1 out of every 10 persons in the West is currently jailed because society is not willing (not unable, not willing!) to deal with social challenges. People are regulated instead, branded uncivil and unworthy, then stolen away.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And no I&#39;m not suggesting freedom is just an attitude adjustment away. &lt;EM&gt;An attitude adjustment&lt;/EM&gt; is just an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941399899318387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112941399899318387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129413960000#c112941399899318387' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112940926697283224</id><published>2005-10-15T16:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T16:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m with Kirby there.</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m with Kirby there.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940926697283224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940926697283224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129409220000#c112940926697283224' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112940810673725868</id><published>2005-10-15T16:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T16:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are two economies: material and spiritual.Ea...</title><summary type='text'>There are two economies: material and spiritual.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Each person must provide for themselves materially.  Poetry and writing are full-time occupations unless you are already wealthy.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Publishing is also full-time.  If you publish a small novel that starts to take off but there are no protections then piracy will prevail.  What&#39;s to stop a larger company from grabbing the work of a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940810673725868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940810673725868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129408080000#c112940810673725868' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112940764530894135</id><published>2005-10-15T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T16:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Piracy presupposes that there is stuff there to st...</title><summary type='text'>Piracy presupposes that there is stuff there to steal. It is sad that there are whole segments of given populations who can best express their creativity in crime. (A point that Norman Mailer made while running for mayor of NYC, 1969.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not sure you understand how utterly wrong it is to suggest that freedom is just an attitude adjustment away (a mere matter of looking beyond one&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940764530894135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112940764530894135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129407600000#c112940764530894135' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112939931603714292</id><published>2005-10-15T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T14:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I shouldn&#39;t need to argue here anymore than I shou...</title><summary type='text'>I shouldn&#39;t need to argue here anymore than I should need to adopt imperialistic &lt;EM&gt;us v. them&lt;/EM&gt; philosophies. Copyright attitudes expressed here are provincial, or if you prefer, commercial.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My main concern was with group welfare (not wanting to offend). Concern for one&#39;s self, however, is clear.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But rethink this: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In a self-righteous desire to create wealth, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112939931603714292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112939931603714292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129399260000#c112939931603714292' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112939404088852852</id><published>2005-10-15T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T12:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I really like Charles Olson&#39;s poetry and his essay...</title><summary type='text'>I really like Charles Olson&#39;s poetry and his essays, too.  He&#39;s something to build on, I think.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In terms of his actual death I think we need at the very least a coroner&#39;s report, and the report of his doctors. Of course there are misdiagnoses.  Apparently only 5 percent of liver cancer is directly related to alcohol abuse.  But I wonder what the correlation between very heavy drinking </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112939404088852852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112939404088852852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129394040000#c112939404088852852' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112930304082529351</id><published>2005-10-14T11:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T11:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, unless I&#39;m mistaken, Olson died of liver ca...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, unless I&#39;m mistaken, Olson died of liver cancer, not of alcoholism.  Of course, those conditions are sometimes linked.  There&#39;s the famous remark Olson made, half conscious, to Duncan&#39;s query about the state of his mind, nearing death:  &quot;This is WONDERFUL!&quot;  Or maybe he was just full of morphine at that point.  Olson was known to take almost anything to stimulate his mind.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112930304082529351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112930304082529351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129303020000#c112930304082529351' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 14, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112928891331701882</id><published>2005-10-14T07:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T07:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Patrick, if you really don&#39;t want to offend then m...</title><summary type='text'>Patrick, if you really don&#39;t want to offend then make the argument rather than telling me I got my provincial gaunch all in a knot. (Maybe you&#39;re worried some will steal your intellectual labour?)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On the issue: most of the arguments against intellectual property remain arguments against property, which I endorse in principle. But Kirby is right to point out that in a world where the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112928891331701882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112928891331701882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129288860000#c112928891331701882' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 14, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112925038919695506</id><published>2005-10-13T20:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T20:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice photo.  But don&#39;t make me re read that entry ...</title><summary type='text'>Nice photo.  But don&#39;t make me re read that entry again!  Why oh why would you do that!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At least it gives some folks an opportunity though to tell us what they know eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I did however take the opportunity to read a poem of Mr. Silliman&#39;s in the Horton (yes H) Anthology (my only pale access to these things besides the internet) and remember many lines there..fine lines...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112925038919695506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112925038919695506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129250340000#c112925038919695506' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112924558871426860</id><published>2005-10-13T19:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T19:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, I&#39;ve read much of Lawrence Lessig&#39;s work...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, I&#39;ve read much of Lawrence Lessig&#39;s work on copyright, and also been a co-plaintiff of a class-action suit against a database company that was selling my work over the web. I do think there is lots of room for positions between total copyright protection and the more casual usages of commons distribution. But I think the default position is, and should be, that the decision lies with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112924558871426860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112924558871426860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129245540000#c112924558871426860' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112923720258541739</id><published>2005-10-13T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T17:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s a sense in the left that property is a bad...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s a sense in the left that property is a bad idea.  This probably comes originally from Proudhon&#39;s early argument that &quot;property is theft.&quot;  At the end of his life Proudhon reversed this adage and said that individual property rights were the only hedge the individual had against the overwhelming power of the state.  This appeared in his last book which has never been translated.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923720258541739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923720258541739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129237200000#c112923720258541739' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112923403084498900</id><published>2005-10-13T16:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T16:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>don&#39;t take offense but, copyright views here are v...</title><summary type='text'>don&#39;t take offense but, copyright views here are very provincial</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923403084498900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923403084498900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129234020000#c112923403084498900' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112923346459347538</id><published>2005-10-13T15:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T15:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, I agree. Intellectual property protection is ...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, I agree. Intellectual property protection is more problematic than ever, but copyright as a legal doctrine has never been stronger, thanks to Mickey Mouse &amp; his lawyers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923346459347538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923346459347538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129233420000#c112923346459347538' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112923040055695257</id><published>2005-10-13T15:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T15:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m with Kirby there.</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m with Kirby there.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923040055695257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112923040055695257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129230360000#c112923040055695257' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112921016964111102</id><published>2005-10-13T09:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T09:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Copyright isn&#39;t dead.  There are still lawsuits (b...</title><summary type='text'>Copyright isn&#39;t dead.  There are still lawsuits (but it&#39;s hard to win, and you don&#39;t win much unless you go against a deep pockets publisher).  In the music industry you can still get awarded a lot of money.  I have no idea why you say that copyright is dead.  It&#39;s not legally dead at any rate.  It&#39;s legally very much alive.  It&#39;s never been more alive.  And in school plagiarism can still get you</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112921016964111102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112921016964111102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129210140000#c112921016964111102' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112917665746697189</id><published>2005-10-13T00:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T00:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m referring to content ownership, not get-your-k...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m referring to content ownership, not get-your-knickers-in-a-twist copyright (copyright, btw, truly is dead).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The content is co-branded as indicated by the domain. It is no secret Ron publishes on blogspot.com.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Terms of Service are just that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112917665746697189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112879319333707487/comments/default/112917665746697189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html?showComment=1129176600000#c112917665746697189' title=''/><author><name>patrick star</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17121973453182439811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/left-to-right-robert-duncan-charles.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112879319333707487' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112879319333707487' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1651592395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2005"/></entry></feed>