On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 22:06, dfox wrote: > > 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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