Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>:
> Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com> writes:
>
> >> The solution is simple: go and create your own content, and share it
> >> with your friends. But you won't get Hollywood movies this way.
> >
> > The problem is that copy-protection will only be effective
> > if you impose Soviet style restrictions on the use of computers.
>
> That's not necessarily true. Most people cannot circumvent even basic
> obstacles when it comes to computers, and both industry and
> legislative might be content with that.
Not a chance. Think about it, if the legistators would be content with that
then they wouldn't need additional laws... M$ is already that way.
This is aimed at people that KNOW what they want, and know HOW to get it.
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Jesse I Pollard, II
Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil
Any opinions expressed are solely my own.
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