[h2o-discuss] "The right to read" by Stallman gets implemented

[pheras@acm.org]

Hi,

Richard Stallman wrote a tale entitled "The Right to Read". It was
published in the special issue of Communications of ACM, celebrating
the 50 anniversary of ACM.

On the tale, a student in a future university can't lend his computer
to Linda, his girlfriend, because the books  stored on the computer
are monitorized. Lending to Lisa would cause him to get fired from the 
University, because  it's prohibited by copyright laws. The tale is
advancing a future where bad use of technology can  lead to a world
worse than the present one.

The news is that Buffalo University has implemented what could be
considered an implementation of this nightmare.

Perhaps you can do something to stop this nasty future.

Links:	The Buffalo experience:
	http://www.reciprocal.com/about/pr_07261999_01_p.html

Best regards,
-- 
Pedro de las Heras-Quiros

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