Free flow of information?

Hey people. I'm starting this thread in relation to this:
http://dis.4chan.org/read/newpol/1293992141/1-40

 I think the flow of information is a MASSIVE issue that is not beeing discussed enough.

So, do you think the flow of information should be totaly unrestricted? Or do you believe there should be laws that protect people from malicious use.

Personaly I would like to see fully unrestricted flow of information one day, but i think that a sudden change in the way we currently manage it could be catastrophical. I believe an good order of abolishing restrictions would be to

a) abolish all copiright and intelectual property laws.
b) make all bank transactions available online
c) enforce transparency in bussinesses and states by forcing them to release all info they manage - including all their financial info.
d) allow some 20 years for the world to digest itself

Please feel free to attack my point of view and add your own. Scepticism is a bless...

>>32
Hello clown. It sounds like you're not realy in the mood to discuss seriously. There is an excellent part of 4chan for people like you called /b/ i believe. You can meet many epople of your level there and you can swear at each other all you want there.

a)The current rate of scientific progress is trully unimaginable and thescientists that work hard DO need to be rewarded. BUT when corporations hire scientists for a project, the copyrights and patents for the end product belong to the corporations, NOT the scientists. Also, as discussed earlier, total abolishion of copyright may not be the best choice. Instead, maintaining the copyrights for a certain period before becoming public has been proposed. I do agree with this.

b)Point taken. Still there is massive fraud today that hides behind bank confidentiality. That's why we're here, to discuss and contrast our opinions...

c)Industrial sabotage and espionage is a fact. Face it. Corporations have the sole purpose of making money for their stock holders and investors. Some patents are too serious and important to be handled in such a way. There is a whole world between the extremes (total transparency/total secrecy) and I'm sure a good enough solution exists if we keep an open mind.

d)dramatic changes can't happen in a day.

>>33
I'm not a commie man. I am closer to anarchy but not an anarchist either. It's funny, but without knowing you used the same arguement that anarchists (bakunin if i remember well) used against communists in the First International in the late 1800's( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Congress_(1872) ). Therefore I agree with you. By the way the result was the expulsion of Bakunin by Carl Marx from the First International (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin - The First International and the rise of the anarchist movement )