Picture worth a thousand words

[appaji]

Ramakrishnan wanted some extra shelf space and was giving away a few books that he had. Being a vi user, the emacs and lisp manuals weren't of much interest to me, so I picked up Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig.

There is a sub-chapter titled Architecture and Law: Force (10.7) in the book that talks about the US Digital Millenium Copyright Act (

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Awsome pic

[poovanna]

Great picture. Thanks for posting the link. I'll check out the book when I'm free.

Re: Awsome pic

[appaji]

The book is a must read. It isn't filled with obscure legalese and makes for a nice read. A lot of things that we take for granted in our daily life wrt media, culture and 'intellectual property' are pointed out and applied to how groups of people have been trying to change them for their own benifit.

[sajith]

The picture is a killer.

So you know Ramakrishnan ? Kewl. He's from my college, much senior to me :) Had no idea that he is giving away stuff though... hope Emacs and Lisp manuals are still with him.

I better run.

[appaji]

> The picture is a killer.

You bet it is.

> So you know Ramakrishna

Small world it is, Vikash and now Rama. I know Rama through a good common friend of ours :). So, you too use the kitchen sink?

[sajith]

So, you too use the kitchen sink?

All the time :)

[appaji]

Man, it is the age of dishwashers! *laffs*