On 2005-02-04T14:30:48-0500, Mark Allen Earnest wrote:
The government was not able to get the Clipper chip passed and that was backed with the horror stories of rampant pedophilia, terrorism, and organized crime. Do you honestly believe they will be able to destroy open source, linux, independent software development, and the like with just the fear of movie piracy, mp3 sharing, and such? Do you really think they are willing to piss off large sections of the voting population, the tech segment of the economy, universities, small businesses, and the rest of the world just because the MPAA and RIAA don't like customers owning devices they do not control?
They managed with the HTDV broadcast flag mandate. -- "War is the father and king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men; some he makes slaves, others free." --Heraclitus (Kahn.83/D-K.53)