tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post1679432340712052222..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: A little screed on the "free data" brigadeMatthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-79339272088190352302014-01-06T19:55:04.816+11:002014-01-06T19:55:04.816+11:00I wrote a piece on copyright and stealing a few ye...I wrote a piece on copyright and stealing a few years ago and got into an argument with a commenter on the topic. <br /><br />By coincidence, I met him at a meet-up at a pub last week. He has since come around to the idea that content needs to be paid for somehow. Even so, when he brought the topic up, I just started drinking his beer. When he said, "Hey, that's my beer," I just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.com