tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post4071584679643994092..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: DMCA Notice: A Colleague's Project on Brave New WorldIggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-5302852710237302642010-08-24T10:04:29.617-07:002010-08-24T10:04:29.617-07:00Corrected-grammar edition of deleted post:
So...h...Corrected-grammar edition of deleted post:<br /><br />So...how do we get to be among the lucky 10? Then we can set copyright law.<br /><br />Lack of critical thinking: that's the problem as we groom good corporate citizens to enforce the will of those who pull our strings.<br /><br />A British colleague wrote to me, laughing about the DMCA. If the hypertext had been hosted and owned by citizens of another nation, this would be a moot point.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-88424070037032269402010-08-24T10:02:01.968-07:002010-08-24T10:02:01.968-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-17957002896445047192010-08-24T07:17:22.473-07:002010-08-24T07:17:22.473-07:00I think the ten World Controllers write the rules ...I think the ten World Controllers write the rules and the Alphas only enforce them. Huxley tells us much about Alpha capacity in the first scene of BNW as they furiously scribble down every word from the Director of Hatcheries without much curiosity or questioning - not what we would consider critical thinking!StryderLee: edupunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254621276771031350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-3701367536484872392010-08-23T15:15:57.961-07:002010-08-23T15:15:57.961-07:00Yes, Lalo. I expect other online copies of BNW wil...Yes, Lalo. I expect other online copies of BNW will vanish soon, too. I won't name them, just to let Mr. Kirsch have some more work to do. Billable hours and all that.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-33375508053438330942010-08-23T13:43:51.215-07:002010-08-23T13:43:51.215-07:00Not to mention SL's reputation for "orgy ...Not to mention SL's reputation for "orgy porgy"...<br /><br />Somehow, though, I'm not surprised, given the problems not long ago with the estate of Orwell and the sudden yanking of electronic copies of <i>1984</i>, from the Literature Project as well as from e-readers.Lalo Tellinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711076861284942835noreply@blogger.com