Occhidiangela,Nov 23 2005, 02:22 PM Wrote:Napster and other P2P tools encouraged outright theft, regardless of their utility for legal and legit interactions.
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This is true, however I was looking at the situation more towards a Big Brother type scenario with all of our downloads off the net being monitored. I see this situation as the stepping stone towards breaking P2P and the only way I can foresee P2P being controlled is if an entity monitors everyoneâs internet downloads. I know I'm assuming a lot here but I see our freedom dwindling everywhere I look and I fear this is only the beginning. I donât know, perhaps I am being a wee bit paranoid over nothing, but this feels like something more to me and I just can't put my finger on it.
EDIT - After thought: If someone who strongly advocated freedom of rights was swayed to change his ways, then it seems obvious to me that these entities will stop at nothing to gain control. When will they have the amount of "control" they deem necessary to feel comfortable and sleep safely at night? Is there an end to what can be deemed your, ours, and mine within the confines of freedom? I guess perhaps that is what is bothering me.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin