On 30-Jan-2003 John Chambers wrote: > > This sort of site is a real threat to the recording industry, and is > really what the "music piracy" fuss is all about. Their main goal is > to take control of the Internet and put distribution back into the > hands of the oligopoly. The Internet can't be killed, but there is > still a chance that it can be made illegal for you and me to put our > own stuff online. If they can do this, they can then force us to sign > over our rights to our own stuff to get it online, and they'll be > back in the saddle.
I followed you this far. But are there any laws or technical proposals being made right now that would make it impossible to put your own stuff online? Or are you worried that that's their next target? The only things I've heard about so far, while draconian, do seem to be aimed at piracy. But maybe I'm missing something. Kurt To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
