[Upd-discuss] Article: A cyberspace Lenin: why not? By Slavoj Zizek

[Michael Hart]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, James Davis wrote:

> Michael Hart wrote:
>
>>> Lenin was a mass murderer, just like his follower Stalin. These
>>> people have nothing in common with anything this list is about.
>>
>>
>> Right. . .and the new copyright laws from WIPO are NOT the biggest
>> attempt at widespread "book burning" of all history.
>
> I think you've made a mistake here, did you look at the article?
> Apologies if you did and the rest of my e-mail is in error :-)

Yes, _I_ made thqt connection, myself, wasn't trying to pretend
I was quoting anyone, my apologies for any confusion I caused.

> The article quoted in the first e-mail wasn't in fact referring to or
> making comparisons between those pushing for stricter copyright laws and
> Lenin and Stalin's rule but attempting to apply Leninism to online
> markets. (or something like that, it's not easy reading or particular
> interest to me ;-) )

Book burning, destroying the public domain, in any form, is something
we have to fight, whether from Fascism, Communism, or Capitalism.

WIPO is merely the most recent head of this Hyrda to appear,
but they all have this same item in common:

Control the reading of the masses!


> I believe Lars was stating his opinion that people shouldn't apply
> Lenin's ideas to other areas due to the atrocities he and Stalin
> committed. That's not something I agree with, ideas should be assessed
> upon their own merit and not dismissed purely because of unrelated
> actions. Of course by this I don't mean to belittle atrocities committed
> by Lenin and Stalin.

How many atrocities can compare to removing a million books from
the public domain?

And this has been done three times in the last century in the U.S.!!!


Thanks!!!


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