Lofgren's Anti-DRM Bill

blastedtokyo writes "House representative Zoe Lofgren introduced the Digital Choice and Freedom Act. Perhaps the most interesting section is the part that invalidates 'non-negotiable shrink wrap licenses' (EULAs) that limit rights. On top of this, it states that both digital and analog media need to be subject to fair use rules for backing up. The full text of the bill is also available." News.com.com.com.com and Infoworld have stories as well, which both note that there is no chance of these bills being passed this year.

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Re:Why?

[Enry]

We do have the right not to buy a product we don't like.

If MSFT were not a monopoly, I'd agree. But since they are, it makes it much harder to avoid purchasing their products and being forced to use them.

When interviewing, many companies asked for Word documents. Today, it's a bit easier to do with OpenOffice, but two years ago, it would have been almost impossible to do. Word is also used for most business communications. Now that I'm employed, I'm getting quotes from vendors in Excel spreadsheets. Even my dad is sending me digital photos from his camera in .DOC(!).

Now, does this mean that MSFT is popular because people use it, or that people use it because it's popular?