On Sunday 16 September 2001 10:00 am, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> To put it in the simplest terms possible, it appears that they want to
> legislatively mandate that all software and digitial systems support
> digital rights managment/copy protection.  Is that how you read it?

That's my reading of it.

Disney, Sony et al are uncomfortable with the anarchic nature of the 
Internet. They would like to change it to a model they know and can profit 
from: television or movies. And Microsoft is happy to go along with these 
plans (look at Windows XP).

Those of us who don't want to see the Internet turned into yet another cable 
TV network need to speak up.

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Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
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