JOHO on Leeway

mrG — Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:05:49 -0400

I have a lot to say about digital rights controls, but it's been some time since I've heard so eloquent an argument as David "My Idol" Weinberger's The Need for Leeway

Leeway is the only way we manage to live together: We ignore what isn't our business. We cut one another some slack. We forgive one another when we transgress.

'Leeway' is exactly what we lose when we leave police work to machines. Instead of the THX1138 cops who give up when they've exhausted their budget, Palladium and others are looking for a world where there is no fresnel grey between the black and white; that may actually be a double-edged sword just as our 1m-resolution spy satellites can't help us find AlQueda or a DC sniper duo because of the information overload inherent in that much data, but it's disconcerting nonetheless.

Don't take your Oggs to town, Jim
Leave your Oggs at home, son
Don't take your Oggs to town.

... at the very least, if RIAA gets their way, be damn sure you know where you got them.

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