From: Camden Hutchison <crh2014@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Sun,  3 Apr 2005 15:19:58 -0400

Re: live free or die, or the right to anonymity while driving with respect to people looking at your car from the front

"Even with regards to pdfs - Are you so wealthy that the
prospect of being charged for every piece of information you
ever consume doesn't affect you in any way? If you are, does it
bother you that folks you don't share the same economic fortunes
as most lawyers are losing their ability to access information
which used to be free? Or what about the fact that this kind of
technology enables the content provider to 'turn off'
your access to the document at any point in time?"

How did this become a money issue?  According to the article that
you posted, the Remote Approach service is supposed to monitor
access, not charge for access.  Moreover, I can't remember the last
time that I read a .pdf where the author would desire to charge me
for reading it.

"Have you ever hesitated to sign a petition you actually believed
in, out of fear it might affect your future in some way?"

no

"You might not feel as if you are being affected, and you really
might not care, but you certainly are. And if you are not a
heavy computer user today, do you think you will be in ten
years?  A decade from now, when ubiquitous computing is
pervasive, everyone will be heavy computer users...."

I realize that computer privacy is important and that it affects me,
it's just not one of my personal pet issues.  Is it really
impossible that part of the reason that you are more interested in
computer privacy than me is that you are more interested than me in
computer technology generally?

"What if, upon the completion of ever exchange of information,
both parties received am open and clear 'receipt' of
which information was exchanged?"

As is the case with money transactions, this would require demand on
the part of consumers.

-Camden

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