begin quoting Todd Walton as of Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 06:06:20PM +0000: > On 10/8/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what's one more? > > If ever there were a better justification for legislation, I've never > heard it!
Heh. I was trying for irony... > > Perhaps the best approach to fight copy-protection is to pass a law > > that the vendor *must* replace, at *no* cost to the end user, any > > worn-out or damaged media that was copy-protected. > > Why is law kept a snap of the fingers away when somebody wants others > to do something? It's too often that a perceived social ill is wished > away by saying, "There ought to be a law...". "All those people are breaking our copy protection? How do we keep them from doing that? There ought to be a law..." > Why is the concept of > law not held sacred as something serious and important? Erm, because it's congress that makes the laws? And we our respect for congress bleeds over into what they _do_... > It's as if > every want can be filled by rub of the magic lawmaker lamp. If we can > legislate safe and enjoyable entertainment into our living rooms, then > there's nothing left. Well, the alternative to law is bloody conflict or passive acceptance. Passive acceptance shouldn't sit well with anyone not taking drugs, and bloody conflict is wasteful of resources and people. -Stewart "You want we should take up arms against the RIAA and MPAA?" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
