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Content Faction v. Tech Faction

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An Anonymous reader writes: "This essay describes the current battle between two former allies in the DMCA fight - The Content Faction (Universal, MPAA, etc.) v The Tech Faction (IBM, Microsoft, etc.). It gives a great overview of what the battle is, who is taking what position, what's at stake - and how consumers are going to be taking it in the *** no matter who wins, it's just a matter of how rough it will be. "

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  1. Re:Content Faction? by cperciva · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That would make Nike a distribution and branding company

    Yes, it would. Sorry, what was your point again?

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  2. War on Bytes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    It will be just like the war on drugs. The fascists ( government & corporations ) will up the ante in terms of cost to do what you want with your computer so there will be more no-knock entries, booby-trapped computers, gunfights, ambushes and dead law enforcement people and citizens.

    I say say we learn from our past stupidity and let the fucking content industry create non-political solutions or die a timely death. Bastards.

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