On 06/12/2007, Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Leitch wrote: > > You know if Godwin's first law was that as an online discussion grows > > longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler > > approaches one. Then his second law must state that for any Backstage > > discussion that grows longer, the probability that the topics of freedom > > and/or DRM crop-up also approach one. > > I hereby announce the creation of 'Highfield's law' - "As an BBC > Backstage discussion grows longer, the probability of a post involving > Digital Restrictions Management, iPlayer or freedom approaches one" :)
The difference is that the BBC could drop the probability to zero by not requiring the use of proprietary software... -- Regards, Dave - 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]/
