I think your missing the point of the use of the phrase "Get it". In the article in question they are referring mostly to the way the case will impact the current freedoms enjoyed by the "public". What people don't "get" appears to be the fact that if Corley were to lose this case then the implications would be much wider than is immediately apparent.
In addition what is being defended is not the right for all code to be "free speech", though there are some people who might think so, but the right to take a product and reverse-engineer it. In this case to allow the Linux community (and others) to play DVDs. The Hollywood industry has decided that the only people who matter and might want to buy their products are those on Windows and Macintosh platforms. If they have no desire to provide the mechanism for Linux users to use their products should this mean all Linux users should suffer... Permanently.
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I think your missing the point of the use of the phrase "Get it". In the article in question they are referring mostly to the way the case will impact the current freedoms enjoyed by the "public". What people don't "get" appears to be the fact that if Corley were to lose this case then the implications would be much wider than is immediately apparent.
In addition what is being defended is not the right for all code to be "free speech", though there are some people who might think so, but the right to take a product and reverse-engineer it. In this case to allow the Linux community (and others) to play DVDs. The Hollywood industry has decided that the only people who matter and might want to buy their products are those on Windows and Macintosh platforms. If they have no desire to provide the mechanism for Linux users to use their products should this mean all Linux users should suffer... Permanently.
Not www.linuxcare.com on the basis of the most recent slashdot article....