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For this yes, Joe, but for other things, maybe not. I agree with some of Jonathan Schwartz's and Tim Bray's points about telling a customer what they can do with their own purchase. http://tbray.org/ongoing/ DRM can become like those commercials where the girl is staring into her closet and it acts like an ATM. "That ain't right." Poisoning the customer for profit is not good for future business. If we lock up all the rights for data, then like prohibition, disrepectful data become epidemic. We can DRM a CD or an MP3 to death. So what do we do about the speaker wires? It becomes more Draconian. I know you are doing good work, Joe, and in systems where data protection is critical, this is necessary until carried to extremes. Our history is rife with cover-ups and this is hurting our democratic way of life. We have to ask ourselves who benefits. I think overzealous efforts to protect wealth rots freedom. Fear is good for basting a turkey until it's ready to carve. len From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@b...] The DRM will provide great advantage for all of this as well. Joe (busy writing!)
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