On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 07:06:41PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > > Wait a couple of years and pray any are permitted after all the crypto > > stuff goes in - chances are you'll only be allowed analog overlay > > These are bad times we live in terms of the consumer getting bent over > and ... well you know. > > You would think with the far superior communications mechanisms we > have now, consumers could get together and deal with having crap like > this rammed down their throats. But it just doesn't seem to happen. > We/they seem to take all of this lying down. I take every chance I can to educate people on this topic. I had to drink an extra 1/2 pitcher of beer last Saturday night to explain to a friend the difference between Napster, CDs, DVDs and the MPAA. Napster like services confused a lot of people and made them think that the made up controls associated with DVDs are the right solution. Mike
