[MUD-Dev] Future of MMOGs

[Amanda Walker]

On 10/11/02 8:01 PM, Crosbie Fitch <crosbie at cyberspaceengineers.org>
wrote:

> This is the weird thing about paradigm shifts.  Once it's shifted,
> you realise; you grok (Heinlein).

Indeed.  Unfortunately, not everyone shifts at the same time, or in
the same direction.

> After the paradigm shift you realise that what is ludicrous is
> that you could possibly think that what is aired, in digital form,
> could possibly be considered anything but public domain.

Or you shift in the other direction, and decide that anything in
digital form can be private property.  This is, roughly, what
happened to Hollywood.  >From their point of view, pay per play into
infinity is perfectly reasonable.

> For god's sake people wake up! Copyright is a line in the sand and
> the tide don't give a shit.

Gotta watch out for the lifeguards, though.  The tide may not care,
but they guys who can kick you off the beach still do.

Amanda Walker


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