Mike Porter wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > >>On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 07:06:41PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote: >> >>>Wait a couple of years and pray any are permitted after all the crypto >>>stuff goes in - chances are you'll only be allowed analog overlay >>> >>These are bad times we live in terms of the consumer getting bent over >>and ... well you know. >> >>You would think with the far superior communications mechanisms we >>have now, consumers could get together and deal with having crap like >>this rammed down their throats. But it just doesn't seem to happen. >>We/they seem to take all of this lying down. >> > > I take every chance I can to educate people on this topic. I had > to drink an extra 1/2 pitcher of beer last Saturday night to
I feel your pain. > explain to a friend the difference between Napster, CDs, DVDs and > the MPAA. Napster like services confused a lot of people and made > them think that the made up controls associated with DVDs are the > right solution. The whole thing sucks big time. It's no different then the current problems with Microsoft. Make it proprietary, make it against the law to research the technology. Viola, you've got a monopolistic control over a market. No one can come up with a better technology without going to jail... > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > > -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)? _______________________________________________ Video4linux-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
