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)