Cory Doctorow on 数字版权问题

by Yan

CORY DOCTOROWBoingBoing 的编辑之一,也是一个作家。他的多数小说都在 cc 版权下,可免费阅读下载。”WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT?” 他的回答在这里

他说,反拷贝技术危机和版权冲突将出现在主流社会。在罗列了不少相关时事之后,他说:

There is no such thing as a copy-proof bit. There aren’t even copy-resistant bits. Copying is what bits are for. They will never, ever get any harder to copy.
没有所谓防拷贝比特,甚至没有抗拷贝比特。比特就是用来拷贝的,它们永远不会变地难以复制。

The copyright wars are a form of contemporary Lysenkoism, a farce wherein we all pretend that copy-proof bits are a reasonable thing to expect from technology. Stalin’s Lysenkoism starved millions when the ideologically correct wheat failed to grow and anyone who pointed this out was sent to dissident prison. Entertainment industry Lysenkoism is ruining lives, undermining free speech and privacy and due process, destroying foreign democracies and keeping poor countries poor.
版权战争是一种当代的李森科主义,在这种滑稽戏里,我们都假装防拷贝比特技术上可实现的。斯大林的李森科主义让数百万人挨饿,因为意识形态上正确的麦子种植失败,而指出这个事实的人都被送进持不同政见者监狱。娱乐业的李森科主义在毁坏生活,败坏自由言论,隐私和诉讼程序(不明白他的意思),破坏外国的民主国家,让穷国继续穷下去。

It’s about time we wised up to it—and we are.

他的理念对中国来讲,也许太超前了一点。但是从长远来讲,从理想主义的角度,我完全赞同他的观点。Copying is what bits are for。