Sunday, June 10, 2007

Architectural Selections from Tokyo


Some building with a Starbucks in Shiba









Park Hyatt, Shinjuku












That Ricoh building on the corner.

Friday, May 4, 2007

ranting

Perhaps the civil rebellion against ever increasing intellectual properties restrictions is rooted in our disappointment in seeing the products of our labor torn from us and sold on our behalf. Our world has become a wasteland of middlemen. Those who produce and create are robbed and their products sold back to them, while the managers, producers, distributors, marketers, executives, and corporations profit at our expense. Copyright protections were designed to ensure that the artist or inventor profited from his labor, not so that his profit could be concentrated by a monopolistic world spanning trust. I applaud all who would decrease the profits of this industry. Not because they are selfishly gaining product by stealing the livelihood of others, but because they actively work to deconstruct the machine that attempts to own our very culture. Software is a service, not a license. Music is a service, not a license. Film is a SERVICE. A license is only a writ of slavery. When was the last time you paid a programmer, musician, or director for their work?