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RMS Urges Opposition to "Trusted Computing"
Andy Tai writes "In this Newsforge article, Richard Stallman analyzes the "Trusted Computing" initiative and Microsoft's Palladium, points out that such initiatives are really means to ensure your computer can be trusted by Microsoft and Hollywood (you can't do things they don't want), and urges computer users to organize, to support the Public Knowledge and the Digital Speech projects and to use their consumer power to block "Trusted Computing" in its tracks."
but RMS should be applauded that he is willing to put himself on the hook for something he believes in.
Hitler also put himself on the hook for something he believed in. Should we applaud him as well?
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RMS IS an extremist and a kook. In politics, the appearance of reasonableness is a requirement for gaining widespread support of your pet issues. RMS appears UNreasonable and therefore will gain about as much support as a KKK member at a civil rights rally.
RMS is about the most ineffective spokesman this issue could possibly have. No one in the general public gives a damn what he has done in the past. They care how he appears now. So go ahead, Stallman. Sink the cause.
You, with your sycophantic attitude towards him, are dooming it as well. Breaking those who oppose the goals of Palladium into splinters of opposition (all over Stallman's ego) is pathetic.
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.
Apparently he does not believe the elimination of Fair Use to be a horrendous purpose.
Stop. Tell me how Palladium (or ANY form of encryption/security) "eliminates" fair use.
And by fair use, I suspect that you mean "fair use" in the "yes I'm infringing on this copyright but it's okay" way.
If I want to sample a song for a news bulliten or for my class discourse, there's still the analog hole. If I want to make a satire of the darn thing, I'm doing so much of the work as-is why do I need to copy it?
If I want to use something who's had the copyright expire on it, or use it in multiple devices, that's not a Fair Use problem--and if the vendor doesn't give a fair deal for it, take them to court for it.
Personally, I think Trusted Computing will lead to more digital media and looser licensing terms--which means greater sales for them, and more stuff for us, so the only people who lose are those that want to steal.
No, he means everything old is GNU again. (Which would be funnier if you pronoucned GNU the way it's spelled, and not the way some idiotic illiterates decided it should be said.)
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
Has anyone noticed that the RMS rhetoric has become much more prolific on /. ? I know he is the GNU guru, but can we keep it down to one RMS 'statement' per week.
I really don't mean to be a troll, but I think he gets way too much attention and it really seems to get to his head. I think there are better things that could be posted. Or is it a slow news day?
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