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ubuntu_demon
August 3rd, 2006, 11:55 AM
from http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html :



This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her–but if he lent her his computer, she might read his books. Aside from the fact that you could go to prison for many years for letting someone else read your books, the very idea shocked him at first. Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong.


I blogged about this essay here :
http://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/the-right-to-read/