On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 07:06:41PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Wait a couple of years and pray any are permitted after all the crypto
> > stuff goes in - chances are you'll only be allowed analog overlay
>
> These are bad times we live in terms of the consumer getting bent over
> and ... well you know.
>
> You would think with the far superior communications mechanisms we
> have now, consumers could get together and deal with having crap like
> this rammed down their throats.  But it just doesn't seem to happen.
> We/they seem to take all of this lying down.

I take every chance I can to educate people on this topic.  I had
to drink an extra 1/2 pitcher of beer last Saturday night to
explain to a friend the difference between Napster, CDs, DVDs and
the MPAA.  Napster like services confused a lot of people and made
them think that the made up controls associated with DVDs are the
right solution.

Mike



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