Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:53:16 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <15013.20028.618197.647240@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <018801c0a67d$0d64b340$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <15013.13530.718675.101675@guru.mired.org> <018801c0a67d$0d64b340$7c4cf9d1@geeksparadise.com>
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David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> types: > > I like the "don't protect copyright if doing so is infeasible and > > ridiculously invasive" idea. That means the emergence of cheap > > computers not only makes digital media a reasonable distribution > > mechanism, but also a media that shouldn't be protected. > This is where I think many people agree the DMCA has gone _way_ too > far. I'm as much a diehard supporter of intellectual property rights as > anyone, but I can't see any logical connection between the DMCA's > 'anti-circumvention' provisions and legitimate property rights. The really scary part is these "content protection" measures are being used to take rights away from the copyright holder - if they don't happen to be a major publisher! See John Gilmore's essay at <URL: http://www.toad.com/gnu/whatswrong.html >. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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