Mike Porter wrote:
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
I feel your pain.
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.
The whole thing sucks big time. It's no different then the current
problems with Microsoft. Make it proprietary, make it against the law
to research the technology. Viola, you've got a monopolistic control
over a market. No one can come up with a better technology without
going to jail...
Mike
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