Either you are trying to start a flamewar, or you really are incredibly ignorant. First of all, the masses accept whatever they are given because most of them don't know the deeper issues at hand, such as the draconian DMCA's component that restricts the ability to talk about a protection technology. If the masses knew that detail about the DMCA, more "average" people would question its validity. That part of the DMCA would get thrown out if it went to the supreme court because it volates free speech-which is a fundamental value in the United States constitution, and the supreme court tends to favor free speech because it is a fundamental value in the United States. Funny how the RIAA and MPAA say they are anti-censorship, but then the DMCA passes which IS censorship.
Right now copyright holders are battling consumers over the issue of what they can or cannot do with corporate products, but the pendulum swings both ways and currently corporations, such as the MPAA have the upper hand, but fortunately, for those of us who THINK, well-intentioned, intelligent, organizations such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (which is currently successfully fighting Hollywood about the silly "stealing tv" argument by timeshifting out commercials) are out to make sure that everything is balanced and not skewed so that corporations can simply say "my way or the highway." As far as the MPAA is concerned, you have no "fair use" rights at all, but as the digital age becomes more prevalent, all of these issues will solidify-in a way that balances the needs of corporations as well as the consumers who buy those products.
If you hadn't said "Linux is dead in less than 3 years..." and try to pass that as a critique with no basis in facts, but instead that comment simply shows you are a uninformed, uneducated troll and nothing more.
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Right now copyright holders are battling consumers over the issue of what they can or cannot do with corporate products, but the pendulum swings both ways and currently corporations, such as the MPAA have the upper hand, but fortunately, for those of us who THINK, well-intentioned, intelligent, organizations such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (which is currently successfully fighting Hollywood about the silly "stealing tv" argument by timeshifting out commercials) are out to make sure that everything is balanced and not skewed so that corporations can simply say "my way or the highway." As far as the MPAA is concerned, you have no "fair use" rights at all, but as the digital age becomes more prevalent, all of these issues will solidify-in a way that balances the needs of corporations as well as the consumers who buy those products. If you hadn't said "Linux is dead in less than 3 years..." and try to pass that as a critique with no basis in facts, but instead that comment simply shows you are a uninformed, uneducated troll and nothing more.