> This affects everybody unilaterally, and unless people become proactive > and oppose the Democrats and their apocalyptic police state laws, the > face of the computer industry will *become* a police state.
FWIW there's also other things that may be peripherally involved. One that doesn't impact Linux per se, but could have a side impact is the licensing of mp3s -- specifically "internet radio", for instance shoutcast, icecast, live365.com. (personally I prefer that to local FM radio, but that's not really the issue.) Commercial radio (at least here in the US) tends to try and monopolize what people listen to in much the same way as the big corporations try and monopolize what people can run on their computers. The future of internet radio is at stake as well because of organizations like RIAA. They seem to have adopted a licensing structure that threatens the existence of many of these small 'mom & pop' type organizations - and favoring the marketing-driven corporate broadcasting as the only available choice. "Stop humming. BMI may be listening."
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