"Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a pretty scary article about one guy's experiences with trying > to watch purchased movies from Amazon Unbox and Netflix on his new HD > monitor
I like this reader's comment: Lexington on January 3rd, 2008 And how for will they go to protect these [revenue] streams? Just ask the Girl Scouts, who got sued for failing to pay royalties on songs sung around the campfire. Some people call this evil. A better description is primitive. Understanding how to operate in a free culture is as challenging as learning how to govern with the consent of the governed. This is not, traditionally, something that Kings were good at. Only when threatened by bloody revolution do they back off and concede ground. And, revolution by revolution, tyranny is slowly replaced by democracy. Well, currently content is King. And like most Kings, it has been abusing its position terribly. Now, it is fighting to maintain its dominance, but the people arent backing down. And nor should they. Not until the King has renounced some of his more despotic practices, and has decided to serve the needs of free culture instead of invading every corner it can find and gouging people for admission at every turn. al
