Friday, November 9, 2007

devil's advocate

People always complain win companies like Viacom have colbert and conan o'brien skits removed from Youtube, and I believe they are at least partially right in this trek of theirs.

Why, you ask?

Imagine you write a book. Then someone comes along and takes that book and puts it somewhere everyone can read it. Sure, that seems alright, right? The spread of knowledge is good, they say. But what if where this book was put so anyone can read it there were ads that made the guy who released your book for free money when people read them, and you get nothing in return.

Wouldn't you be at least a little mad that someone was making money off your work?

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