Stewart Stremler([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 02:44:33PM -0700: > begin quoting Michael O'Keefe as of Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 11:48:25AM -0700: > > > I *do* have a problem with them getting extra governmental help with the > > DMCA in making it a crime to try to circumvent the technology and > > distributing the information about how to circumvent (felt pen on the > > inner ring) becoz their means failed or they can't be bothered. > > It's the way of those in power and money. It's really up to the market > to make the decision... people should just refuse to buy copy-protected > works, end of story. If you are "required" to do so, sue whoever is > imposing the requirement, as that's an unjust imposition on you. > > If nobody purchased copy-protected works, copy-protection is discarded. > We've seen this again and again and again. People can do without the > latest and greatest for a couple of years; the media companies cannot do > without a revenue stream for nearly as long. The power is in the market. > All in the market. And only in the market.
The marketplace is generally ignorant of the encroachment on their rights to the point of supporting it in many cases. Even if that were not the case, it seems to me that our culture is full of people who are addicted to their entertainment. I'm just pessimistic that this course of action will really gain the desired goal, I guess. Being an idealist, I'd really rather not buy copy-protected works myself. How can you really tell, though, whether or not something is copy protected in the store (or on the web site)? I don't buy a whole lot of CDs and DVDs. Maybe it's obvious, but the ones I've bought recently didn't mention copy protection on the packaging. Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
