From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 10 11:17:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90D7A37B407 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:17:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mindspring.com (dialup-209.244.107.249.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net [209.244.107.249]) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA05456; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:17:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3BC49085.98ACA08F@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:16:37 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Reply-To: tlambert2@mindspring.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: NGH Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSSCA? References: <20011010160854.33276.qmail@web11907.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org NGH wrote: > > Hi, > > I agree with the folks who say that big companies are all for > this legislation. It's very convenient for the > already-established business because it would effectively end > competition from anybody who cannot afford the licensing fees > and certification that will most likely be necessary. > > These fees, etc. are effectively a tax on electronics and > software! The existing "tweaks" to copyright, along with SSSCA > and existing laws, are a serious abuse of the system. I don't > doubt for one moment that Congress will pass this defective > thing. Where's Alfred when you need him? "D-17" "Miss! B-8" "Damn! You sank my business model!" -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message