Re:What would happen if their dream comes true?
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Death By DMCA
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"It could happen. What would prevent such a scenario from unfolding?"
Once all things which can copy information besides the internet are banned, they will try to restrict usage of the internet and/ot the usage of computers. Someone will patent "a program which displays rapidly changing visual images in sequence on part or whole of a pixelmatrix, while simultaneously playing music designed specifically to go with said imagery on air vibration devices" and that will be the end of free (as in freedom) movieplayers. Proprietary movieplayers are required to only play movies which for which the copyrights are owned by the Movie Industry and that is the end of free (as in freedom) movies.
It's really scary how close we are getting to Right to Read.
I guess I won't be buying that CD after all. It would be piracy of freedom.:(
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"It could happen. What would prevent such a scenario from unfolding?"
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Once all things which can copy information besides the internet are banned, they will try to restrict usage of the internet and/ot the usage of computers. Someone will patent "a program which displays rapidly changing visual images in sequence on part or whole of a pixelmatrix, while simultaneously playing music designed specifically to go with said imagery on air vibration devices" and that will be the end of free (as in freedom) movieplayers. Proprietary movieplayers are required to only play movies which for which the copyrights are owned by the Movie Industry and that is the end of free (as in freedom) movies.
It's really scary how close we are getting to Right to Read.
I guess I won't be buying that CD after all. It would be piracy of freedom.