On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:27:01 -0600 Mark J Roberts <mjr at znex.org> writes:
> Your "my right to [do some relatively unusual thing] is being > trampled by legislation that is necessary to enforce copyright" > argument is stupid, and you know it. Again the Flame War starter strikes with another blast of his incredible weapon of doom. <BOOOOM> > > Here's my complaint: "it's inconvenient to submit all my newspaper > articles to the censors before publication." > > What should I really be complaining about? Here is my complaint: "My right to copy MY OWN THINGS, LEGALY, is being trampled by SOFTWARE created because of STUPID LEGISLATION made by people who understand very little about computers or the power or freedom they give people." How about that? :) What about software I write myself? Do I have to pay the government to license my every stupid little creation JUST TO HAVE IT ON MY MACHINE?! WTF!! And, my dad is a musician, he makes music. He uses a MIDI music writing program. Does he have to pay the government for the right to have his songs on his own computer? As far as I can tell, the DRM would make it impossible to put anything on the computer unless it has permision from some special agency of some kind for it to be there. Who is going to decide what I can and cannot have on my own computer? And who is going to spend time looking through each and every little thing I want to put on there to make sure I have some kind of right to have it there? You can flame some more. I'm done. :) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
