Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>Why should society accept that a device like the personal computer be >>subject to the control of a special interest group? (namely media >>companies) >> > > Well, all the chipsets are controlled by hundreds of patents, > surely?
That doesn't affect my ability to program the computer how I want. If it was unique enough you could patent a chair. But a patent on the chair wouldn't stop me sitting on it in a variety of ways, or standing on it even. But DRM is saying "you used to have all this power, you could do anything, but now... we're changing that so you can't do just anything anymore" -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
