I agree, mod up grandparent. If the slashdot crowd can only muster mod-down "censorship" in response to this kind of attack, then collectively we are doomed. Because this kind of "flamebait" is exactly the kind of mockery the intrenched interests can make which is quite convincing.
We could bring up the issue that strong DRM provides protection long past the current legal limit of copyright. We could argue that providing tools now for DRM circumvention is necessary for a guarantee that digital works will be accesible when the copyright expires. We could argue that region-coding prevents legal viewing of DVDs when individuals move their home from one country (region) to another. In short, we could argue for the legal benefits of unencumbered digital media.
We could also condemn illegal filesharing as an abuse of the unprotected nature of digtal media, not as the purpose of our resistance to DRM.
I have to add a link to a speech by
Lawrence Lessig
(audio) and a link to the Baen Free Library's copy of a
speech (text)
made during copyright debates in Parliment in 1841. Both of these have recently affected my thinking on the legitimate purpose of copyright and the consequences of extending them.
Well, you don't have to throw away the gift to get those features. I don't know how sexy your Digital Music Player has to be, and maybe having too many wires draped over your body and into your bag is a turn off, but you can add features to the iPod.
Radio:
the Tunestir
Radio and Recorder:
Griffin iFM
Recorder:
Griffin iTalk
I have to admit that I was suckered into an iPod. My best mate told me that the user interface to every other player he tried sucked, and the iPod's UI sucked the least. Then my wife went out and bought one for me for my birthday. So while I've been frustrated by lack of options, the third party add-ons have really addressed those things for me.
My (off topic) complaint about iPods is how hard it is to read the full track/album names while browsing -- I have to play the track to see the track name scroll, but the album name is just cut off. And after scanning my complete CD collection, the UI on the iPod makes it impossible to tell which "Greatest Hits" album I'm about to select!
I know god wanted us to eat them otherwise he wouldn't have made them taste so good. ...Any psychologist will tell you that children who kill animals for fun are prime candidates to become serial killers.
Well, I know god wanted us to have condom-protected pre-marital sex otherwise he wouldn't have made it feel so good.
And any psychologist will tell you that adults who know the mind of god are prime candidates to become megalomaniac cult leaders.
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We could bring up the issue that strong DRM provides protection long past the current legal limit of copyright. We could argue that providing tools now for DRM circumvention is necessary for a guarantee that digital works will be accesible when the copyright expires. We could argue that region-coding prevents legal viewing of DVDs when individuals move their home from one country (region) to another. In short, we could argue for the legal benefits of unencumbered digital media.
We could also condemn illegal filesharing as an abuse of the unprotected nature of digtal media, not as the purpose of our resistance to DRM.
I have to add a link to a speech by Lawrence Lessig (audio) and a link to the Baen Free Library's copy of a speech (text) made during copyright debates in Parliment in 1841. Both of these have recently affected my thinking on the legitimate purpose of copyright and the consequences of extending them.
Well, you don't have to throw away the gift to get those features. I don't know how sexy your Digital Music Player has to be, and maybe having too many wires draped over your body and into your bag is a turn off, but you can add features to the iPod.
Radio:
the Tunestir
Radio and Recorder:
Griffin iFM
Recorder:
Griffin iTalk
I have to admit that I was suckered into an iPod. My best mate told me that the user interface to every other player he tried sucked, and the iPod's UI sucked the least. Then my wife went out and bought one for me for my birthday. So while I've been frustrated by lack of options, the third party add-ons have really addressed those things for me. My (off topic) complaint about iPods is how hard it is to read the full track/album names while browsing -- I have to play the track to see the track name scroll, but the album name is just cut off. And after scanning my complete CD collection, the UI on the iPod makes it impossible to tell which "Greatest Hits" album I'm about to select!
I remember an old Tom Lehrer album where the lead in to "National Brotherhood Week" had the lead in:
"I know there are people in this world who do not love their fellow man. And I hate people like that!"
I know god wanted us to eat them otherwise he wouldn't have made them taste so good.
...Any psychologist will tell you that children who kill animals for fun are prime candidates to become serial killers.
Well, I know god wanted us to have condom-protected pre-marital sex otherwise he wouldn't have made it feel so good. And any psychologist will tell you that adults who know the mind of god are prime candidates to become megalomaniac cult leaders.