tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14061807.post3067883916206163542..comments2010-05-19T02:53:41.286+01:00Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911606744887152262anna@almostdailyexploits.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14061807.post-10888862190975576292010-05-19T02:53:41.225+01:002010-05-19T02:53:41.225+01:00Hi Anna, greetings from a twitter follower, My name&#39;s Carlos (Twitter user: cmurgueitio).<br /><br />Basically, the question is here, what should be considered as &quot;valuable information&quot; or useful.<br /><br />In the music case, I can tell, the &quot;illegal&quot; downloading have allowed me to &quot;meet&quot; more music and musicians I barely had an idea of, for example Echo and The Bunnymen, and even I found a complete collection of Beethoven works.<br /><br />Why I mention my particular case. I live in a (Let&#39;s say) Third World Country, Ecuador. And we barely have decent music stores, unfortunately all these music stores have is Shakira, or whatever is trending. So if I want to find some &quot;obscure&quot; alternative or hard rock record, I&#39;m fucked up.<br /><br />I love seeing people gettin&#39; on the Creative Commons wave, sharing nowadays is the way to learn. But one thing is to learn, other to be a peeping tom, haha :).<br /><br />All the best, see you and, excellent post!Sysyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11148144259530137160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14061807.post-85479580775627526222010-05-18T14:03:19.981+01:002010-05-18T14:03:19.981+01:00Paresh, no. It&#39;s nothing to do with you. I wasn&#39;t aware you had any involvement in copyright law.<br /><br />Ashton, thanks for commenting. You&#39;re absolutely right that privacy is something we should value and defend, and I&#39;d love to know more about what role you think the media plays in that.Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911606744887152262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14061807.post-1049343850741581022010-05-18T11:33:41.948+01:002010-05-18T11:33:41.948+01:00I work in the media so I actually agree with what you&#39;re saying. However, I value my privacy above all else. My work is something I want other people to see because I&#39;m proud of it, but my private life is just that - private. Working in the media has made it abundantly clear to me that already our lives are not as private as we&#39;d like to think, but that small modicum of personal space/time/identity is what (I think) makes us all individuals.Ashton Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588769988553411873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14061807.post-2849199703859409362010-05-18T07:09:32.002+01:002010-05-18T07:09:32.002+01:00i just felt like the post is inspired by me. is it true??<br />anyway, i fear the loss of privacy in personal life more than stealing of my work.Pareshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856548629233885948noreply@blogger.com