RE: Scouted: The Sony Backdoor

2005-11-16 Thread Kevin Street
The Fool wrote: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_uninstall_.ht ml http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/yet_another_fla.ht ml When Sony decides to Rape you, you really get Fvcked. Yes, Sony certainly seems to believe in the concept of gifts that keep

Harper's Magazine: We Now Live in a Fascist State

2005-11-16 Thread The Fool
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Politics/harpers101205.cfm Harper's Magazine: We Now Live in a Fascist State The article below appears in the current issue of Harpers and was written by Lewis H. Lapham www.harpers.org/LewisLapham.html On message By Lewis H. Lapham Harper's Magazine,

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-16 Thread William T Goodall
As Steve said, The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

Re: Scouted: The Sony Backdoor

2005-11-16 Thread Russell Chapman
Kevin Street wrote: Could we be witnessing the Hindenburg-style crash n' burn of the DRM meme in real time? It's hard to believe any consumers would just placidly accept the installation of DRM software on their machines after this. I'd like to think that, but while the message is big news

Re: Scouted: The Sony Backdoor

2005-11-16 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: Kevin Street wrote: Could we be witnessing the Hindenburg-style crash n' burn of the DRM meme in real time? It's hard to believe any consumers would just placidly accept the installation of DRM software on their machines after this. I'd