On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 02:00:39PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I don't think that TCPA will kill open software. But I do think that > it's part of an ongoing effort to erode the freedoms which are behind > open software.
Agreed 100%. I said previously in this thread that I don't care if content owners start providing their bits only in DRM enabled formats. Well, that's not strictly true. I don't personally care much about content, 'cause I don't think Hollywood puts out many movies worth watching. However, I do not like the general trend towards restricting what people are able to do with published material. I think this is why we should strongly oppose TCPA and similar initiatives, not out of fear that it's an attempt to kill open source. I don't think that Microsoft is necessarilly the evil bad guy in the DRM war. Certainly they're not on our side, but they're only pushing DRM because Hollywood is pressuring them to. I don't think MS supports the CBDTPA (the law that would require all digital media devices to implement DRM), and I know that the hardware vendors are opposed to it. RIAA, MPAA, and the like are the ones who really want it. noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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