Furthermore, [Stallman] believes software is an entity unto itself that has rights, just as a person has rights.
I've read most of the "philisophical" articles over at gnu.org, but I don't recall anything remotely like that. Can you point me to something RMS has said or written on that subject?
I don't know what it's like elsewhere, but here in New Zealand eyeglass frames cost several hundred dollars for no apparent reason. I'm sure the machines that churn them out don't charge that much.
My grandfather's essentially simple hearing aids cost thousands, too.
It's "because they can".
Third option: buy CDs and DVDs second-hand. Side-step the enemy and support local business.
Instead of just not paying for it, don't watch it at all. Or don't listen to it.
Or buy it second hand.
I do a lot of language translation, and it's pretty obvious to me that it requires understanding. Good automated translation is holodeck territory.
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. -- Poul Anderson
