AC's on slashdot rarely have something important to say, but the following comment (it's long) caught my eye today:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=94082&threshold=2&commentsort=0&tid=103&tid=123&tid=99&mode=flat&cid=8076399
Very good article. I'm becoming increasingly nervous about the direction we are taking in government today, especially in regards to so called "intellectual property." I fear big business has too strong a hold on the policy makers for "the public" to make much of a difference. Especially since most people are barely aware of the issues involved. Gratefully, there are growing movements that try to resist some of this encroachment on public freedoms. I just hope they can be even a little successful, but I become more pessimistic about it every day.
I fear that as DRM becomes more prevalent, big business will only become bigger. What small company can hope to start filling a niche in the electronics world when they have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to license the intellectual property necessary to get even get going.
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