[Free-sklyarov-uk] BBC 2 7:30 PM - Attack of the Cyber Pirates

Alexandre Dulaunoy Alexandre.Dulaunoy at ael.be
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:47:31 +0200 (CEST)


On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 02:24:19PM +0200, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote nothing
> new and quoted from:
> > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
> 
> Quoting Richard Stallman is all very well, but you may want to note that
> the word piracy in connection with illegal copying dates back to some time
> in the late 1700s.
> 
> The use of words can be discussed to death. This list does not seem to me
> to be the right place to do it.
> 
> (Not that I agree with the use of the word ``piracy'' but I'm fed up with
>  reading the same recycled text over and over again)
> 

	Yes, I'm agree with you. But the comment was made to ask what 
type of action to do for educating the media about the mis-information 
transmitted by the big media companies ? 

	It's quite important to notify the journalist when there is a 
misconception in their article. 

	hope this helps.

	adulau

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