____/ Ian Hilliard on Saturday 14 July 2007 12:32 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | Business ethics usually have little to do with ethics. In most practical
>> | cases the ethical value is agreed upon, and the ethics professional is
>> | charged with making sure they are reflected in practice. However,
>> | occasionally we are privileged to encounter a truly innovative ethical
>> | doctrine that seeks to challenge existing paradigms. A fascinating
>> | example is the "free content" movement, often identified with
>> | programming pioneer Richard Stallman who leads the related "free
>> | software movement."
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1184168552105&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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> Unfortunately, you don't appear to have read the second page, where the
> article is quite clearly pro-intellectual property rights. In fact, on the
> second page, the article does a complete 180. This is possibly due to
> editorial pressure being put on the author of the article. Given that this
> is an article in the Jerusalem Post, a pro-big-media editorial point of
> view is to be expected.
Oops, you're right. Thanks for the headsup. I was going to blog this as though
it was a positive article, but I fear that it might still make it into News
Picks. I didn't realise there was a Page 2. :-S
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