On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 06:26, HaywireMac wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 05:48:21 -0800 > Aronsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > "Fearful of piracy, the studios want the federal government to > > > legislate how computers are made. Critics say such interference > > > signals the end of the line for digital innovation." > > > > > > Link: > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/27/broadcast_flag/index.html > > Kinda like the Mississippi Legislature which passed a law in the 20's > > setting Pi=3 (really they did) > > This is the funniest part: > > "American television -- which the MPAA extols as "a unique resource, > justly cherished by millions of Americans," and "a major United States > export that is tremendously important ... to our prestige in the world," > a characterization that might give you new, patriotic appreciation for > something like "Joe Millionaire" -- would be at grave risk in a world > where everyone is a potential pirate." > > ROTFLMAO! > > But more on point, is this: > > "The MPAA, critics say, would like to end all that. "Under the original > proposal, no [copy-protection] technology could be approved without at > least two motion picture companies approving it," says Fred von Lohmann, > an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He adds that under > the MPAA's scheme, open-source digital television systems would be > "banned outright," because "under this regulation not only do you have > to embrace protection technologies, you must implement them in a > tamper-resistant fashion, which means you've got to weld the hood shut. > Open-source and free software are premised on not welding the hood shut > -- it's not open source if it can't be modified by the users." > > The MPAA is attacking Open Source the same way SCO and MS are, by trying > to turn it into the "enemy" of Free Enterprise. Of course. Any Government mandated monopoly will not work as well as free Enterprise thats why they depend on law (they cannot compete in a real free market
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