With a big H/T to Jonathan, a link to an article at torrentfreak which relates to my previous post and raises an historical argument with present-day relevance. The article quotes Baron Thomas Macauley arguing against an extension to 60-poshumous-years copyright on printed works. Thus, then, stands the case. It is good that authors should be [...]
Archive for October, 2011
The Case for Piracy
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011A must read by Nick Ross at abc.net.au entitled “The Case for Piracy” which gives a reasonably exhaustive account of the sociological reasons for online copyright, the failure of big content to realise the inevitable, and an implied defense of the fact that copyright rests on the basis of “eventual, foreseeable, public ownership” that I [...]
Before & After
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011This is not a rant about Apple. This is one of those simple little visual commentaries on life. I came across this other day:
Communion Update: South Carolina and things
Sunday, October 16th, 2011A couple of things worth noting with regard to events and relationships in the Anglican Communion. 1) My Bishop, John Harrower, has written to Mark Lawrence, Bishop of South Carolina, expressing support in the current circumstances – which I have written about before. The letter can be found on the diocesan website. Here is an [...]
Q&A: Do you believe in biological evolution – in terms of the origin of life?
Friday, October 14th, 2011Anonymous asks: Do you believe in biological evolution – in terms of the origin of life? It might sound like a strange thing to ask a Christian, but some people believe that it is plausible that God created the evolutionary process and that the Genesis 6 days of creation were not literal 24 hour days, [...]
Q&A: Forgiveness… can you explore and unpack the topic (a little) and steer us towards some useful scripture.
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011Dave O asks: Forgiveness. I’ve heard it said:- “My dear wife I forgive you for last night’s dinner!” is judgement rather than forgiveness – and I think I’d agree. In a circumstance like sexual abuse we are “moving in a direction of forgiveness (and may never get there this side of heaven).” – which to [...]
Eyes to South Carolina
Saturday, October 8th, 2011When it comes to the tumult of global Anglicanism there hasn’t been an event recently that has caused the commentators to fire up. Everything has been moving inexorably in the same direction as before. TEC & Co seem adamant about cementing their revisionism in practice and seem content with their separatism. On the other side, [...]
Q&A: As an Anglican, what do you believe [about the intermediate state]?
Saturday, October 1st, 2011Anonymous asks: Hi Will, Growing up, I was taught that when a person dies they go directly to heaven or hell. Of course the biblical teachings of the “resurrection of life” and the “resurrection of damnation” seem to contradict this view. To overcome this discrepancy, as I am aware, some teach that the resurrection only [...]
