In the recent Shvitz post "The Best Way to Steal Articles from Other Sites?", Joey Kurtzman cried out for the input of legendary hacker Richard Stallman. Befuddled by endless theorizing about the future of the internet, Joey wanted Stallman's take on the so-called "Web 3.0," and whether "transclusion" is a fair way to poach articles from other websites for the enjoyment of Jewcy readers.

Stallman responds:

It's hard for me to think about [transclusion w/iFrames] because I have not seen it and I don't know what it is. "Web 3.0" is a vague term, perhaps a marketing buzzword; I don't know what it means (if it means anything at all).

I can only comment on other issues raised by the article. For instance, I can state the fact that copyright infringement is not stealing. I'm in favor of some amount of copyright, but I reject propaganda terms such as "stealing" and "piracy" that are used to demonize sharing. I cannot raise any righteous anger over a company's advertising revenue.

Some facts about me. For one, I am not an anarchist—I have a prostate gland. I am a Liberal, and I support social welfare programs.

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