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BusinessWeek on Open Source and Copy Protection

Posted by michael on from the assault-on-the-open-source-religion dept.

prostoalex writes "An article starting with the words "Forget about Bill Gates, folks. The biggest enemy of free software may be Senator Ernest F. Hollings" historically had a little chance of being published in a recognized business publication. In this case, though, Business Week (no registration) runs a detailed but straightforward explanation of how the new copyright bills could threaten free software and open source movements."

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  1. Re:Senator Hollings by gazbo · · Score: 0, Troll
    We need this sort of law if we are to prevent another Sept. 11th.

    The only people who benefit from open source are hackers, pirates and terrorists.

  2. ☻Not First Post but... First NIGGER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First coon!!

  3. LOLOLOLOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yuor'e soooo fUNNT, I WANTS 2 HVE YUR BABBYS;!

  4. Its not Hollings, but people of SOuth Carolina by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Its not Hollings that is to blamne, he is just the elected representative. It is the people of South Carolina that have turned on us. The people of South Carolina are the ones we must stop.

    The audacity of blaming one senator is insane. He would not have been in office for so long had he not followed the will of the people. To claim otherwise would be to claim that South Carolina is no longer a democracy, in which case we must free these people from tyranny!