[free-sklyarov] brainstorming

[Benjamin Krueger]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 12:24:21AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 08:34:12AM +0200, David Haworth (david.haworth at altavista.net) wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:34:15PM -0500, Kastlyn wrote:
> > > Here's an idea for a protest..
> > [...]
> > > What about a public book reading?
> > 
> > If you could find a work that's in the public domain, but is
> > published as an eBook with the "read aloud" permission denied,
> > you might be able to score a political point or 2.
> 
> The US Constitution is my own personal pick.  Or the Bible, which should
> score some points with the political conservatives.  
> 
> Consider too that the current bruhaha has been going on since the first
> lines were scratched in clay.  Martin Luther (the German, not the Civil
> Rights leader, King) committed the unpardonable sin of translating the
> Bible into the common tongue, from Latin.  

The Bible is probably not a good choice. Most versions of the Bible are
Copywritten, not public domain. For the most part, they may be altered or
modified, sold or offered for sale, and may not be duplicated. The only
version that I am aware of which is public domain is the King James Version.
This is according to http://bible.gospelcom.net/bg/bible_faq.html#24

Benjamin Krueger
roo at ufies.org
Seattle, Wa

> More recently, every advance in reproduction, storage, and transmission
> has more or less repeated this debate:  phonograph, radio, television,
> xerox machine, audio tape, video tape, computer, internet, digital
> media....  Which doesn't directly lend itself to protest ideas, but it
> may inspire someone.