Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:25:44 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@nickelkid.com>, NGH <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSSCA? Message-ID: <20011010102544.B57921@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011009224124.0447c830@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:45:26PM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011009185100.0581ac60@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110092225040.53195-100000@cornflake.nickelk id.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011009224124.0447c830@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on Oct 9, 2001 at 22:45:26: > > Congress treats copyright law the same way it treats any other law: > the most powerful, richest interests and the biggest campaign > contributors win. And you can bet that heavy hitters such as Microsoft, > AOL, HP, Compaq, Dell, Sun, EDS, and IBM -- to name just a few -- will > oppose it. Why would they? It brings them more money, and that's all they care about. They'll never do it if other manufacturers can produce unencumbered alternatives, but they'll definitely support banning the alternatives. *Only* free software (and ordinary users, who don't have a voice in these things) would suffer from it. And IBM, despite its linux noise, has been supporting the W3C's RAND patent ideas, and was the original mover behind CPRM too; don't trust them as the flagbearers of freedom and openness. As for Microsoft, AOL, Sun, etc, the less said the better.... > >Ever hear of CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) > > Dead in the water. No it's not. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22087.html - R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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