SSSCA Editorials

idiotnot writes: "This editorial from the New York Times, by Jonathan L. Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School, urges legislators to exercise caution in regulating the PC. Eisner, et. al. want to limit the PC's capability, which will limit what PC users are allowed to do. See this earlier story about Eisner's testimony to Congress. '[W]e should beware the haste with which some would sacrifice flexibility for control.'" Other readers submitted a story in Hardware Central and an AP article. Seems like the ruckus over the SSSCA is finally reaching the mainstream press.

Comments

Re:So that's what he meant

[Anonymous Coward]

You take advantage of your computer!!?!? What is wrong with you??!?! What do you slip it roofies? jesus your sick.

The craziest ideas of the rich get attention.

[Futurepower(tm)]

It is a world in which the craziest ideas of the rich get a lot of attention. If computers are controlled, there will be kits to build uncontrolled ones from ICs. People will bring in uncontrolled computers across the border. Old, uncontrolled computers, of which there are many tens of millions, will go up in value. People will network their old computers to their new computers, so that they can bypass control.

Personal computers have been one of the best things to come along in many years, and rich people want to destroy the growth.

This idea has the same sensibility as the U.S. government trying to outlaw privacy by trying to outlaw encryption.

The craziness is not limited to issues surrounding copyright. The U.S. government engages in violence to enhance the profits of the weapons manufacturers and oil companies. See What should be the response to violence?