I have to agree with you. We made some jokes about it on the air but I do get where you are coming from.

It seems to me that, if we’re going to start calling possessions and access to things a right, then we need to start with things that are fundamental to survival. Food and medicine are clear choices, but even things such as a car are more important to one’s survival than the Web.

I would buy a free speech argument, but free speech is just as possible off the Web as on. Just like it is as possible without a megaphone as with.

Personally, I think that a right is a bit strong of a word. Though I think that the gov’t should be limited in its ability to take away any property, it does clearly have the right to do so when needed.

So, yes, though the sentiment gives one the warm and fuzzies, it really is taking things a bit too far… I agree.

I have to agree with you. We made some jokes about it on the air but I do get where you are coming from.

It seems to me that, if we’re going to start calling possessions and access to things a right, then we need to start with things that are fundamental to survival. Food and medicine are clear choices, but even things such as a car are more important to one’s survival than the Web.

I would buy a free speech argument, but free speech is just as possible off the Web as on. Just like it is as possible without a megaphone as with.

Personally, I think that a right is a bit strong of a word. Though I think that the gov’t should be limited in its ability to take away any property, it does clearly have the right to do so when needed.

So, yes, though the sentiment gives one the warm and fuzzies, it really is taking things a bit too far… I agree.

Internet access is just like food, automobiles, cell phones, email, employment, or chocolate: They’re essential things that a lot of people need to life a happy life, but it’s each person’s responsibility to earn each of them. Access to the internet requires a lot of hard work and expensive investments by companies and individuals. If a potential customer wants to use their work to get on the internet, he or she should have to meet their terms.

So I don’t buy the idea that the government (or an ISP) can’t take away a music pirate’s internet access. Maybe an argument can be made about the actions a government should take in copyright enforcement, but a pirate’s supposed “right” to the connection he uses to steal other people’s intellectual property shouldn’t be an issue.

And this comment isn’t against anything specific you guys said, it’s just about a story you guys brought up. Take care!

Internet access is just like food, automobiles, cell phones, email, employment, or chocolate: They’re essential things that a lot of people need to life a happy life, but it’s each person’s responsibility to earn each of them. Access to the internet requires a lot of hard work and expensive investments by companies and individuals. If a potential customer wants to use their work to get on the internet, he or she should have to meet their terms.

So I don’t buy the idea that the government (or an ISP) can’t take away a music pirate’s internet access. Maybe an argument can be made about the actions a government should take in copyright enforcement, but a pirate’s supposed “right” to the connection he uses to steal other people’s intellectual property shouldn’t be an issue.

And this comment isn’t against anything specific you guys said, it’s just about a story you guys brought up. Take care!