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Re:Courtney Love does the math (2000) by rms on Friday July 08, 2011 @06:53PM (#2744425)
Don't worry, she basically plagiarized it from Steve Albini. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79162

(I still find it really satisfying when I google for something I know is true and find myself as the #1 advocate of it on Google -- in this case the search "steve albini courtney love plagiarism")

Re:Courtney Love does the math (2000) by jmmcd on Friday July 08, 2011 @07:39PM (#2744528)
Nonsense. The Albini article covers a lot less ground and has far fewer ideas. In particular it says nothing about alternative distribution models or the internet.
Re:Courtney Love does the math (2000) by rms on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @07:43AM (#2780426)
OK. I retract the plagiarism accusation.

My belief was that Courtney Love had been influenced by the Albini document (which might have originated as a speech that Courney Love heard) but she brings enough in the way of sufficient new ideas to the table that it doesn't really matter that she doesn't cite her source.

Re:Courtney Love does the math (2000) by blackboxxx on Friday July 08, 2011 @11:47PM (#2744958)
After reading both articles I'm left wondering what wacko liberal definition of plagiarism are you going with anyway?