"It sounded like a ridiculous, unbelievable dystopia. It was even written like sci-fi. Of course that would never happen! Nobody would stand for this, ever, right?<br />
<br />
But exactly what Stallman described has come to pass, with very little protest.<br />
<br />
For example, here are the terms under which you can lend your Kindle books: books where lending is enabled by the seller, “can be loaned once for a period of 14 days.” Most other ebook stores and audio book stores have similarly restrictive policies."<br />
<br />
[Refers to this Richard Stallman piece from 1997: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html ]

"TRUTH IN NUMBERS? EVERYTHING, ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA is a documentary created through a truly collaborative process like WIKIPEDIA. The difference being our movie seeks to increase the number of questions and conversations about knowledge, rather than provide definitive answers. Our goal is to promote conversation and dialogue that stimulates questions about what we think and what we think we know."

"Whilst Stallman calls for “sharing” , in New Zealand schools we identify “relating to others” and “participating and contributing” as worthy...But listening to our current arguments over copyright, DRM, A2K makes me suspect that many of us no longer understand what sharing might be .... probably because we have unconsciously adopted the thinking of consumerism and business ... we can only imagine living in a society predicated upon consumption and the accumulation of personal advantage/ wealth."

"School policy was that any interference with their means of monitoring students' computer use was grounds for disciplinary action. It didn't matter whether you did anything harmful—the offense was making it hard for the administrators to check on you."