<div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/4 Richard Stallman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I reported the argument I have seen others make.<br>
If you want to argue with it, you should argue with them, not with me.<br>
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If filesharing is good, why I need to pay to use it? If is good, they passes<br>
</div> Berne three-step test <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_three-step_test" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_three-step_test</a>>,<br>
<div class="im"> then it would be a "exception" like fair use in the USA.<br>
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</div>There seem to be influential people in Brazil who think that is mistaken.<br>
I hope you can convince them they are wrong.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>I'm not trying to convince you but I'm trying to expose why flat rate propose have weak basis. I'm trying to expose always a new argument. For example, my new argument against flat rate in Brazil is: "In brazil we have a broadband access one of most expensive in the world. The current public policies about internet is create subsidies, not taxes." And "About 30% of home internet in Brazil is a dialout conection, they will pay the same tax?" And perhaps: "In Brazil, we have small cities that uses a public wireless network for free to entire city. People that uses internet for free in this cities will pay a new tax? Is impossible internet for free?"<br>
<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
2. Simply legalizing sharing would lead to punishment by the WTO.<br>
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Not. becouse the TRIPS treaty have a hole for "exceptions" to skip<br>
copyright monopoly, for example, the fair use mentioned.<br>
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</div>There seem to be influential people in Brazil who think that is mistaken.<br>
I hope you can convince them they are wrong.<br></blockquote><div> <br></div></div>I would like very much meet these persons. You have names, or perhaps email addresses? <br><br>I recomend this reading about interpretation of "three-steps test": <a href="http://www.ip.mpg.de/shared/data/pdf/declaration_three_steps.pdf">http://www.ip.mpg.de/shared/data/pdf/declaration_three_steps.pdf</a><br>
But the questiom is: Filesharing is against creators interest? I think not, in contrary. <br><br><br>Rodrigo<br><br><div style="visibility: hidden; display: inline;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style type="text/css">#avg_ls_inline_popup { position:absolute; z-index:9999; padding: 0px 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 240px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 13px;}</style>