Gizmodo: Gates Interview Part Four: Communists and DRM
Jan 14, 2005, 22:00 (8 Talkback[s])
"Gizmodo: When you talked to CNet (I believe that was
yesterday), you sort of ticked off some of the blog world with some
of the comments... a specific comment that was made, about some of
the IP advocates—people that are advocating more... not
necessarily open source, but Creative Commons and things like that.
A less restrictive IP environment. You made an analogy and called
them 'communist...'
"Gates: No, no, no. I didn't say those people were 'communists.'
I did say that they're... The question is: what incentive systems
should exist in the world? Call 'communism' a system where [in] the
extreme case you believe that the idea of the individual getting
lots of wealth in return for the things they do... that that's
wrong..."
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