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  dennis deems (profile), 10 Sep 2012 @ 10:42am

  
  

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  People with something to express don't remain silent just because nobody is paying them to speak.
  
  Best sentence in this whole discussion. +1000

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  dennis deems (profile), 10 Sep 2012 @ 10:36am

  
  

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  Please answer the question. Who is harmed?

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  dennis deems (profile), 10 Sep 2012 @ 10:31am

  
  

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  I happen to believe it is a right that devolves from one's labors, albeit mental versus physical./i>

  Seems to me the framers of the US constitution disagree with you, else why would they have written that this 'right' needs to be secured, and why would they have written that it should endure only for a limited time?

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  dennis deems (profile), 10 Sep 2012 @ 10:25am

  
  

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  THIS!

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  dennis deems (profile), 10 Sep 2012 @ 10:21am

  
  

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  The only reason we *have* the stories of the ancient Greeks was because those stories were passed on from generation to generation via storytelling and sharing.
  
  And COPYING. The extant works of the great Greek playwrights and poets appear in the main to constitute a mere fraction of their total output. Hundreds upon hundreds of works were lost forever in the burning of the library of Alexandria, and only because those works had not been copied and circulated sufficiently to survive elsewhere.

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  dennis deems (profile), 11 Aug 2012 @ 9:16pm

  
  

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  I apologize to Stuart. I misinterpreted Stuart's position in that exchange. My statement that he spoke against Lendink is in error.

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  dennis deems (profile), 11 Aug 2012 @ 6:04am

  
  

  My first thought on seeing the OSHWA logo was Gizmonic Institute.

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  dennis deems (profile), 4 Aug 2012 @ 12:49pm

  
  

  Re: Re: It's easy to have good customer service when you don't pay the artist

  "I'm actually surprised no-one submitted this as a story to Techdirt."
  http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120730/04291119876/ubisoft-drm-fiasco-allows-any-webs ite-to-take-control-your-computer.shtml

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