Re: No longer free to write your own software either

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <g6Wu5.15499$Oc.5894855@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>,
**** **** <***@***.com> wrote:

}    Actually, there is nothing I can say to deny this. That being the case,
}I think you just inadvertently predicted the next move the IP Nazis will
}take. Not that "fair use" isn't already under attack. Video and/or audio
}clips from movies are already impossible, just look at the DeCSS fiasco.
}(Note: I would love to hear the vogons claim that this is blatant piracy).

It is outright piracy.  But the movie companies are the pirates, and I
don't mean copyright violators.

}E-books are finally making inroads, even if they are still unpopular. They
}will certainly utilize some method of encryption, to "protect against
}piracy". Too bad, that quoting the book will become illegal.

Baen already sells some e-books, no encryption.

}Corporate lawyers know no such thing as restraint or decency (even with the
}filters, I can still almost see people refuting this)

Certainly corporate lawyers know about "restraint".  That's what they
did to the DeCSS people -- got a restraint imposed on them.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."