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>> Just had a small 'win', while composing this. A publisher just offered >> a revised contract that doesn't ask for an assignment of all rights. >> All i did was ignore the earlier version and they offered reasonable >> terms. Like the song says: "remember, you're not a slave." >> >> Most writers i know are a wake up to all this. Its academics and artists >> we have to work on... > >really, you talk as though you're the first academic in the world >to notice that his/her lot in life is precarious. i quite agree >that teaching students to consider these questions is important-- >that's *exactly* what i teach them, as a matter of fact. but you >describe class in a very short-term and stratified way, and your >proposed reform makes clear that students are at best second-class >citizens in your 'class': they're the ones who would pay more to >join the ranks in order to benefit those ranks. that, to me, is >unacceptable: it's the *existing* ranks, who by dint of their age >have greater access to material opportunity, who should go out of >their way to give younger people a leg up, even if they do so at >their own (specific or general) expense. call that 'sacrificial >labor' if you want, in fact go ahead and do so: the idea that >life should involve no sacrifices of this kind is one of the very >worst legacies of the last few generations, whose stewardship of >the world they inherited would be laughable if it wasn't so vile. >if scrambling to join their ranks before the door closes means >stepping all over younger people, well then that's a choice that >some will maker, i guess. you'd better hope that all those little >atlases you're creating don't shrug, though. > >cheers, >t f!lth http://www.m9ndfukc.org/memocide.neu+improved.genocide _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold