From: "John Zube" To: "Scott Kjar" Subject: 9201 Scott Kjar, re CD-ROM project & monetary freedom Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 19:25:57 +1100 Organization: Libertarian Microfiche Publishing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C092CE.2083CA00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C092CE.2083CA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John Zube, LIBERTARIAN MICROFICHE PUBLISHING, P.O. Box 52 or 35 Oxley = St., Berrima, NSW 2577, Australia, e-mail: jzube@acenet.com.au Tel. (02) = 48 771 436. No FAX! Website: www.acenet.com.au/~jzube=20 LMP's website offers a 2,000 pages (almost 5 Mbs) guide to the first = 1545 of the 1667 PEACE PLANS issues that LMP has produced since 1977, = containing, on about 500,000 pages, libertarian and anarchist books, = pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, dissertations, bibliographies, = directories, indexes, essays & articles, letter, review & leaflet = collections, etc., with an average of over 300 pages per microfiche: $ 1 = cash each, post-free for orders of at least 10, or 2 International Reply = Coupons or $ 2 other non-cash, with small cheques not accepted. Has any = other individual published more freedom texts, more cheaply, in any = medium? Probably Dr. David Hart, Adelaide, has, recently, when he = published, before he heard about my CD-ROM initiative, 4 CD-ROMs = containing classical liberal writings and he has over 2 Gbs in readiness = for further such issues. Anyone else? A supplementary LMP list for Peace = Plans 1546-1620 can be found on: http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Dear Scott Kjar, I noticed your e-mail address in Sam's Pages, = recommending Rothbard's What Has the Government Done to Our Money? While R. was right on governmental abuses in this sphere, his = alternative remained still short of full monetary freedom, which = includes all kinds of voluntaristic and non-coercive alternative = currencies and value standards used by private payment and clearing = communities, that he would have disapproved of and which continue to be = suppressed by governments. None of them would need legal tender (compulsory acceptance and = compulsory value) powers or a rare metal redemption fund by the issuers. = Under free market rating, voluntary acceptance, including the total = refusal option and also under full publicity for the issues, none of = these issuers could cause an inflation of the general price level and = their free competition could assure that no under-supply of exchange = media and of sound value standards could persist for long. In my microfiched PEACE PLANS series I have probably published more on = this subject than anyone else has ever before in any other medium. = However, this medium has remained very unpopular and so I try to to = promote competition with it on CD-ROMs, which should be closer to the = hearts of libertarian computer fans - but, unfortunately, are not as = yet, when it comes to getting their favourite libertarian texts on them. About 11 years ago I compiled what was then probably the longest and may = still be the longest bibliography on the subject, although it was still = very incomplete. Temporarily someone put it onto the Internet and then = it disappeared there again. I have not yet got around to update it and = place it there myself. On and off I am working towards an alphabetized handbook on all monetary = freedom ideas, proposals, experiments and terms but I have so many other = projects on hand that it may still take years before my first rough = manuscript of this work will be advanced as far as I can bring it. Many of the writings of Ulrich von Beckerath, 1882-1969, in German, have = still to be published, at least in my series, and most of them, except = his 3 classical books on monetary freedom, have still to be translated. I believe that the discussion of all monetary freedom options can = advance rapidly only once all such texts become easily available. By = 1975 a man like Hayek still believed to have been the first economist to = suggest freedom in this sphere, indicating that even a famous scholar = like him did not have easy access to all this literature. He was not = even aware of the German monetary freedom school of the 1930's and its = publications. Monetary and financial freedom ideas (e.g. free banking & voluntary = taxation) have been among my main interests for many years and I try = to get as many such texts and discussions on record as I can get, at = least on my microfiche. However, since these are still a very unpopular = medium, I am presently trying to raise some interest in publishing all = libertarian texts and ideas and discussions on CD-ROMs, especially all = freedom books that have not yet found their way onto the Internet. On = CD-ROMs they can not only be archived but also duplicated and very = cheaply and, fast enough for most purposes, be "snail-mailed" to those = who are interested in them. How long would it take you to download e.g. = 650 Mbs from the Internet, if you could find as much of libertarian = interest to you there? And how much would that downloading cost you = altogether. I would rather get it on a CD-ROM, which can be commercially = pressed for as little as 50 cents. Even if the producer were to charge = 100 times as much, it would be a bargain compared with the paper, = microfilm and downloading alternative, at least at present speeds for = most PCs. Moreover, there the texts would be safe from further bugs & = independent from one's on-line connections and their costs. A mere 10 libertarian CD-ROMs could already contain all the reading = matter that a long-lived libertarian might get to read in his life-time. Naturally, such a reference library, part of a complete one on CD-ROM, = should be linked to websites for news, current discussions, events, = trading etc. But as a library option they are hard to beat and not = fundamentally changed by putting all such texts on even less CVDs and, = in future, perhaps onto a single super-disk. I can imagine that e.g. a CD-ROM that offered all the texts and = discussions on free banking & on voluntary taxation, that were so far = put on record, could become very attractive to many libertarians.=20 So far only 41 libertarians have indicated their interest in this CD-ROM = project to me. That list can be sent as an attachment upon request - = until it becomes too long for that. Hopefully, someone will place it on = a website, with the option for interested people to add themselves to = it.=20 At least 10 times, if not 100 times as many would be needed to make the = list of these interested people operative as a meeting point or clearing = house for those who want to compile & publish a libertarian CD-ROM = between them. Probably, once a few dozen such CD-ROMs have appeared and their = availability has been publicized, no further artificial "push" in this = direction will be needed. Enough other libertarians will then jump on = this "band wagon".=20 Perhaps you have some opportunity to publicize the CD-ROM project? I = have so far been largely confined to mention it in my letters and = e-mails. According to my experience the libertarian periodicals, = including the on-line ones, are not eager to discuss alternative media = options like microfiche, floppy disks and CD-ROMs, although important = opportunities for freedom of expression and information are involved. PIOT, John Zube. (Panarchy In Our Time or: To each the government or non-governmental = society of his or her dreams. - Monetary Freedom and Voluntary Taxation = is inherent in such a system. It is more and more described in my ON = PANARCHY subseries, of which so far 19 volumes appeared. 2 of its = classical essays are appended to my main website. You can also find 2 of = my monetary freedom articles there.) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D WILL 300 LIBERTARIAN CD-ROMS BE ENOUGH?=20 HOW MANY LIBERTARIANS DOES IT TAKE TO FILL A CD-ROM?=20 How many libertarian Mbs can and will you contribute towards a complete = libertarian publishing, library & information service on ca. 300 = CD-ROMs, with all the desirable reference works, linked, like the = Encyclopaedia Britannica on CD-ROM, to Internet sites? Get entered in = the still small but growing list of interested people for the = cooperative filling of CD-ROMs, all produced only upon demand. They are, = currently, still the cheapest, easiest, most powerful, wide-spread & = durable enough alternative medium for all freedom books etc. For further = details see: www.geocities.com/libertarian_library/ or write to me. - = PIOT, John Zube, Libertarian Microfiche Publishing: = www.acenet.com.au/~jzube & http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm - = jzube@acenet.com.au - or: P.O. Box 52 (35 Oxley St.) Berrima, NSW 2577, = Australia, Tel.: (02) 48771436. No fax! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D LIBERTARIAN CD-ROM PUBLISHING & LIBERTARIAN LIBRARY WHAT?=20 Complete libertarian publishing library & information services for all = freedom texts not yet cheaply, permanently & easily accessible in any = medium, supplementing & listing all of freedom texts etc. offered in all = media, or cheaply combining them, with permission, if required. BY WHAT MEANS?=20 CD-ROMs, zipped, later CVDs, then still better disks, until all freedom = texts can be found on the Internet & large & multiple websites are easy, = fast & cheap enough to set up, maintain & download A public & growing list indicating all interested & inviting independent = collaboration or competition. CD-ROM disks, drives & burners are already wide-spread & cheap. CD-ROMs = are commercially pressed for as little as 50 cents. Each can contain, = zipped, 200 to 2,000 book titles. A lifetime's freedom reading on a mere = 10 CD-ROMs! A complete freedom library on perhaps no more than 300 = CD-ROMs!=20 Filling them will not only require extensive downloading & e-mailing of = already digitized texts but also extensive digitizing, mainly as a = labour of love. Luckily, scanners have become cheap & efficient & = division of labour for large jobs is an ancient invention. WHO?=20 Anyone interested in contributing libertarian Mbs, keyboarding, = scanning, proof-reading, editing & computer skills & copyrights = permissions. CD-ROMs, like microfiche & floppies, are essentially = self-help media but do mostly need collaborators to fill them. With = cheap, lasting, powerful & efficient alternative media anyone can be a = publisher, editor & compiler. HOW?=20 By keyboarding, scanning, downloading, alone or in association with = others. Sending Kbs & Mbs on floppies, partly filled CD-ROMs or via = e-mail - to the compilers of CD-ROMs.=20 By dividing the chores of e.g. digitizing whole books into manageable = portions between those who like a particular book.=20 By collaborating with & publicizing all who have already taken steps in = this direction. See the slowly growing list of interested people. WHY?=20 Because it is possible now, affordable, & achievable by enough = interested people.=20 We could use all our resources at our fingertips. We have never had them = yet. On CD-ROMs they could be made cheaply & conveniently accessible & = linked to current websites. In combination they could be rather useful. = Sufficient knowledge could give us considerable influence.=20 Climbing the mountains of liberty knowledge would not only provide us = with a great view but also realistic blueprints, the best programs, = strategies, tactics, advice, refutations & references. Remaining = disagreements would come closer to being settled. All valuable ideas, = discoveries, talents & opportunities could be brought to light & made = widely accessible. The Internet can do much but not yet everything or = optimally. WHEN? As soon as the growing list of interested people contains enough = libertarian Mbs to fill the first libertarian & cooperatively compiled = CD-ROM.=20 PRECEDENTS, DEMONSTRATIONS, EXAMPLES: Few will be as productive with this medium as Dr. David Hart has already = been, who produced 4 CD-ROMs on his own, mainly on classical French = Liberalism. Compare Encyclopaedia Britannica & The Library of the Future, each on = one CD-ROM. The latter contains over 5,000 titles, not all book-sized, = but includes some freedom texts.=20 There are thousands of music, games & software CD-ROMs.=20 It's high time for more libertarians to use of this freedom of = expression & information opportunity, at least for freedom texts not yet = otherwise available.=20 PIOT, John Zube, 15th of January 2001. (PIOT: Panarchy In Our Time or: To each the government or = non-governmental society of his or her dreams!) CONTACTS: John Zube, LIBERTARIAN MICROFICHE PUBLISHING, since 1977, Libertarian = PEACE PLANS series since 1964: www.acenet.com/~jzube Supplementary LMP list: = http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm - jzube@acenet.com.au Also: Research Centre for Monetary Freedom, On Panarchy, Slogans for = Liberty. 1659 PEACE PLANS issues so far, ca. 500,000 pages. John Humphreys, LIBERTARIAN LIBRARY: = www.geocities.com/libertarian_library/=20 AUSTRALIAN LIBERTARIAN SOCIETY: www.geocities.com/libertarian_society=20 libertarian_aust1@yahoo.com Also: ALS e-Newsletter & ALS Forum =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C092CE.2083CA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

John Zube, LIBERTARIAN MICROFICHE PUBLISHING, P.O. Box 52 or 35 Oxley = St.,=20 Berrima, NSW 2577, Australia, e-mail: jzube@acenet.com.au Tel. (02) 48 = 771 436.=20 No FAX! Website: www.acenet.com.au/~jzube

LMP's website offers a 2,000 pages (almost 5 Mbs) guide to the first = 1545 of=20 the 1667 PEACE PLANS issues that LMP has produced since 1977, = containing, on=20 about 500,000 pages, libertarian and anarchist books, pamphlets, = magazines,=20 newsletters, dissertations, bibliographies, directories, indexes, essays = &=20 articles, letter, review & leaflet collections, etc., with an = average of=20 over 300 pages per microfiche: $ 1 cash each, post-free for orders of at = least=20 10, or 2 International Reply Coupons or $ 2 other non-cash, with small = cheques=20 not accepted. Has any other individual published more freedom texts, = more=20 cheaply, in any medium? Probably Dr. David Hart, Adelaide, has, = recently, when=20 he published, before he heard about my CD-ROM initiative, 4 CD-ROMs = containing=20 classical liberal writings and he has over 2 Gbs in readiness for = further such=20 issues. Anyone else? A supplementary LMP list for Peace Plans 1546-1620 = can be=20 found on: http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm

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Dear  Scott Kjar,

          =             &= nbsp;  I=20 noticed your e-mail address in Sam's Pages, recommending Rothbard's What = Has the=20 Government Done to Our Money?

While R. was right on governmental abuses in this = sphere,=20 his alternative remained still short of full monetary freedom, which = includes=20 all kinds of voluntaristic and non-coercive alternative currencies and = value=20 standards used by private payment and clearing communities, that he = would have=20 disapproved of and which continue to be suppressed by = governments.

None of them would need legal tender (compulsory = acceptance=20 and compulsory value) powers or a rare metal redemption fund by the = issuers.=20 Under free market rating, voluntary acceptance, including the total = refusal=20 option and also under full publicity for the issues, none of these = issuers could=20 cause an inflation of the general price level and their free competition = could=20 assure that no under-supply of exchange media and of sound value = standards could=20 persist for long.

In my microfiched PEACE PLANS series I have = probably=20 published more on this subject than anyone else has ever before in any = other=20 medium. However, this medium has remained very unpopular and so I try to = to=20 promote competition with it on CD-ROMs, which should be closer to the = hearts of=20 libertarian computer fans - but, unfortunately, are not as yet, when it = comes to=20 getting their favourite libertarian texts on them.

About 11 years ago I compiled what was then = probably the=20 longest and may still be the longest bibliography on the subject, = although it=20 was still very incomplete. Temporarily someone put it onto the Internet = and then=20 it disappeared there again. I have not yet got around to update it and = place it=20 there myself.

On and off I am working towards an alphabetized = handbook on=20 all monetary freedom ideas, proposals, experiments and terms but I have = so many=20 other projects on hand that it may still take years before my first = rough=20 manuscript of this work will be advanced as far as I can bring = it.

Many of the writings of Ulrich von Beckerath, = 1882-1969, in=20 German, have still to be published, at least in my series, and most of = them,=20 except his 3 classical books on monetary freedom, have still to be=20 translated.

I believe that the discussion of all monetary = freedom=20 options can advance rapidly only once all such texts become easily = available. By=20 1975 a man like Hayek still believed to have been the first economist to = suggest=20 freedom in this sphere, indicating that even a famous scholar like him = did not=20 have easy access to all this literature. He was not even aware of the = German=20 monetary freedom school of the 1930's and its publications.

Monetary and financial freedom = ideas (e.g. free=20 banking & voluntary taxation)  have been among my main = interests=20 for many years  and I try to get as many such texts and = discussions on=20 record as I can get, at least on my microfiche. However, since these are = still a=20 very unpopular medium, I am presently trying to raise some interest in=20 publishing all libertarian texts and ideas and discussions on CD-ROMs,=20 especially all freedom books that have not yet found their way onto the=20 Internet. On CD-ROMs they can not only be archived but also duplicated = and very=20 cheaply and, fast enough for most purposes, be "snail-mailed" to those = who are=20 interested in them. How long would it take you to download e.g. 650 Mbs = from the=20 Internet, if you could find as much of libertarian interest to you = there? And=20 how much would that downloading cost you altogether. I would rather get = it on a=20 CD-ROM, which can be commercially pressed for as little as 50 cents. = Even if the=20 producer were to charge 100 times as much, it would be a bargain = compared with=20 the paper, microfilm and downloading alternative, at least at present = speeds for=20 most PCs. Moreover, there the texts would be safe from further bugs = &=20 independent from one's on-line connections and their costs.

A mere 10 libertarian CD-ROMs could already = contain all the=20 reading matter that a long-lived libertarian might get to read in his=20 life-time.

Naturally, such a reference library, part of a = complete one=20 on CD-ROM, should be linked to websites for news, current discussions, = events,=20 trading etc. But as a library option they are hard to beat and not = fundamentally=20 changed by putting all such texts on even less CVDs and, in future, = perhaps onto=20 a single super-disk.

I can imagine that e.g. a CD-ROM that offered all = the texts=20 and discussions on free banking & on voluntary taxation, that = were so=20 far put on record, could become very attractive to many libertarians.=20

So far only 41 libertarians have indicated their = interest in=20 this CD-ROM project to me. That list can be sent as an attachment = upon=20 request - until it becomes too long for that. Hopefully, someone will = place it=20 on a website, with the option for interested people to add themselves to = it.=20

At least 10 times, if not 100 times as many would = be needed=20 to make the list of these interested people operative as a meeting point = or=20 clearing house for those who want to compile & publish a libertarian = CD-ROM=20 between them.

Probably, once a few dozen such CD-ROMs have = appeared and=20 their availability has been publicized, no further artificial "push" in = this=20 direction will be needed. Enough other libertarians will then jump on = this "band=20 wagon".

Perhaps you have some opportunity to publicize the = CD-ROM=20 project? I have so far been largely confined to mention it in my letters = and=20 e-mails. According to my experience the libertarian periodicals, = including the=20 on-line ones, are not eager to discuss alternative media options like=20 microfiche, floppy disks and CD-ROMs, although important opportunities = for=20 freedom of expression and information are involved.

PIOT, John Zube.

(Panarchy In Our Time or: To each the government = or=20 non-governmental society of his or her dreams. - Monetary Freedom and = Voluntary=20 Taxation is inherent in such a system. It is more and more described in = my ON=20 PANARCHY subseries, of which so far 19 volumes appeared. 2 of its = classical=20 essays are appended to my main website. You can also find 2 of my = monetary=20 freedom articles there.)

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WILL 300 LIBERTARIAN CD-ROMS BE ENOUGH?

HOW MANY LIBERTARIANS DOES IT TAKE TO FILL A CD-ROM?

How many libertarian Mbs can and will you contribute towards a = complete=20 libertarian publishing, library & information service on ca. 300 = CD-ROMs,=20 with all the desirable reference works, linked, like the Encyclopaedia=20 Britannica on CD-ROM, to Internet sites? Get entered in the still small = but=20 growing list of interested people for the cooperative filling of = CD-ROMs, all=20 produced only upon demand. They are, currently, still the cheapest, = easiest,=20 most powerful, wide-spread & durable enough alternative medium for = all=20 freedom books etc. For further details see:=20 www.geocities.com/libertarian_library/ or write to me. - PIOT, John = Zube,=20 Libertarian Microfiche Publishing: www.acenet.com.au/~jzube &=20 http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm - jzube@acenet.com.au - or: P.O. = Box 52=20 (35 Oxley St.) Berrima, NSW 2577, Australia, Tel.: (02) 48771436. No = fax!

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LIBERTARIAN CD-ROM PUBLISHING & LIBERTARIAN LIBRARY

WHAT?

Complete libertarian publishing library & information services = for all=20 freedom texts not yet cheaply, permanently & easily accessible in = any=20 medium, supplementing & listing all of freedom texts etc. offered in = all=20 media, or cheaply combining them, with permission, if required.

BY WHAT MEANS?

CD-ROMs, zipped, later CVDs, then still better disks, until all = freedom texts=20 can be found on the Internet & large & multiple websites are = easy, fast=20 & cheap enough to set up, maintain & download

A public & growing list indicating all interested & inviting=20 independent collaboration or competition.

CD-ROM disks, drives & burners are already wide-spread & = cheap.=20 CD-ROMs are commercially pressed for as little as 50 cents. Each can = contain,=20 zipped, 200 to 2,000 book titles. A lifetime's freedom reading on a mere = 10=20 CD-ROMs! A complete freedom library on perhaps no more than 300 CD-ROMs! =

Filling them will not only require extensive downloading & = e-mailing of=20 already digitized texts but also extensive digitizing, mainly as a = labour of=20 love. Luckily, scanners have become cheap & efficient & division = of=20 labour for large jobs is an ancient invention.

WHO?

Anyone interested in contributing libertarian Mbs, keyboarding, = scanning,=20 proof-reading, editing & computer skills & copyrights = permissions.=20 CD-ROMs, like microfiche & floppies, are essentially self-help media = but do=20 mostly need collaborators to fill them. With cheap, lasting, powerful = &=20 efficient alternative media anyone can be a publisher, editor &=20 compiler.

HOW?

By keyboarding, scanning, downloading, alone or in association with = others.=20 Sending Kbs & Mbs on floppies, partly filled CD-ROMs or via e-mail - = to the=20 compilers of CD-ROMs.

By dividing the chores of e.g. digitizing whole books into manageable = portions between those who like a particular book.

By collaborating with & publicizing all who have already taken = steps in=20 this direction. See the slowly growing list of interested people.

WHY?

Because it is possible now, affordable, & achievable by enough = interested=20 people.

We could use all our resources at our fingertips. We have never had = them yet.=20 On CD-ROMs they could be made cheaply & conveniently accessible = & linked=20 to current websites. In combination they could be rather useful. = Sufficient=20 knowledge could give us considerable influence.

Climbing the mountains of liberty knowledge would not only provide us = with a=20 great view but also realistic blueprints, the best programs, strategies, = tactics, advice, refutations & references. Remaining disagreements = would=20 come closer to being settled. All valuable ideas, discoveries, talents = &=20 opportunities could be brought to light & made widely accessible. = The=20 Internet can do much but not yet everything or optimally.

WHEN?

As soon as the growing list of interested people contains enough = libertarian=20 Mbs to fill the first libertarian & cooperatively compiled CD-ROM. =

PRECEDENTS, DEMONSTRATIONS, EXAMPLES:

Few will be as productive with this medium as Dr. David Hart has = already=20 been, who produced 4 CD-ROMs on his own, mainly on classical French=20 Liberalism.

Compare Encyclopaedia Britannica & The Library of the Future, = each on one=20 CD-ROM. The latter contains over 5,000 titles, not all book-sized, but = includes=20 some freedom texts.

There are thousands of music, games & software CD-ROMs.

It's high time for more libertarians to use of this freedom of = expression=20 & information opportunity, at least for freedom texts not yet = otherwise=20 available.

PIOT, John Zube, 15th of January 2001.

(PIOT: Panarchy In Our Time or: To each the government or = non-governmental=20 society of his or her dreams!)

CONTACTS:

John Zube, LIBERTARIAN MICROFICHE PUBLISHING, since 1977, Libertarian = PEACE=20 PLANS series since 1964:

www.acenet.com/~jzube Supplementary LMP list:=20 http://butterbach.net/lmp/lmp_sup.htm - jzube@acenet.com.au

Also: Research Centre for Monetary Freedom, On Panarchy, Slogans for = Liberty.=20 1659 PEACE PLANS issues so far, ca. 500,000 pages.

John Humphreys, LIBERTARIAN LIBRARY: = www.geocities.com/libertarian_library/=20

AUSTRALIAN LIBERTARIAN SOCIETY: www.geocities.com/libertarian_society =

libertarian_aust1@yahoo.com Also: ALS e-Newsletter & ALS = Forum

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