[lbo-talk] Rupert: Philistine age is over

[dredmond at efn.org]

On Sat, October 10, 2009 6:00 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> <http://www.businessinsider.com/the-philistine-phase-of-the-digital-age-i
> s-almost-over-2009-10
>>
>
> But if we do not take advantage of the current
> movement toward paid-for content, it will be the content creators, the
> people in this hall, who will pay the ultimate price and the content
> kleptomaniacs will triumph.

Damn, that's the funniest thing I've read in weeks -- an arch-thief
bloviating about how people who share files over the Internet are thieves.
Terror War, meet Information War.

One of the unintended consequences of the Big Melt, a.k.a. the watery end
of the Ice Age of neoliberalism, is that 80% of Americans have no choice
but to embrace the digital commons. Noone can afford all that overpriced
media content anymore. We're broke, Europe has the Pirate Party, and the
BRICs prefer their own media. Let the downloading begin!

-- DRR