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The common goose

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Linux User & Developer magazine; By Richard Hillesley 		Mail this story
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The rapid expansion of digital technologies, and opening up of new channels of communication and information, challenges notions of the ownership of ideas. Richard Hillesley investigates…

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BernardSwiss · 
They hang the man and flog the woman, 
Who steals the goose from off the common, 
Yet let the greater villain loose, 
That steals the common from the goose. 

        – 17th century English ballad
I'm going to bring that quote up myself, from time to time... (I just hope the people I'm addressing get the reference)

It is such an apt summary of what has been happening to copyright and similar "Intellectual Property" initiatives, over the years.

mbaehrlxer ·
not being familiar with the quote, i found the meaning of it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure

it's the same thing, really...

greetings, eMbee.

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