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Jon Johansen Interviewed
wuzfuzzy writes "Depending on your point of view, Jon Lech Johansen is either your hero or adversary. To the copyright industry, Jon Lech Johansen has been a detriment to their policy of control since the advent of DeCSS (Decrypt Content Scrambling System.) To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope in an age when DRM (Digital Rights Management) threatens to overtake mainstream media. After two trials, the courts finally ruled in Jon's favor. However, there is much more to Jon Lech Johansen than DeCSS. In this interview, Slyck hopes to bring to light the many facets of Mr. Johansen, and the numerous projects he is involved with."
"Why should tracks I buy from an online music store be more restrictive in what I can do with them than ones that come on red book Audio CDs?"
They shoudln't. However, I have found an excellent solution. Don't buy them. I just fail to see the problem. Okay, so the big bad evil corporation wants to DRM everything. JUST STOP BUYING IT. Corporations are by far the easiest things in the world to strike down. It just takes people to stop giving them money. They are not going to steal the money from you. They are going to ask for it. If you give it to them, you are just another fool feeding the beast.
If people really wanted to take down the RIAA, they would just stop giving them money for a single year. Hell, a single month of zero revenue is more then enough to destroy most corporations. It is just the complacenecy of the public that is the problem. People who buy iTunes crap then break the DRM are just feeding the system and shovling more cash into the mouth of the beast.
Grow some balls and stop handing out money to things you don't like.