[TriLUG] Yahoo! News - Hollywood's new enemy--Linux fans

[M. Mueller]

On Wednesday 17 April 2002 02:44 pm, you wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 14:29, al johson wrote:
> > Well, when you enter this particular URL, Yahoo reports that it doesn't
> > exist!!--AL Johnson.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andy Hart <wahart at portbridge.com>
> > To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:05 PM
> > Subject: [TriLUG] Yahoo! News - Hollywood's new enemy--Linux fans
> >
> > > FYI -
> >
> > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=73&e=3&cid=73&u=/zd/2002
> >041
> >
> > > 5/tc_zd/5106254
>
> That's probably because your mail client (or his) word wrapped it.
> Don't click directly on it, but copy it, and the rest of it on the
> next line to your browser.
>
What would happen if....
   
 ...a router where to implant Hollywood "do not copy" markers in every packet 
that came through it? Then what if all the new computers had to obey the "do 
not copy" markers and it would be illegal to remove the markers? Could that 
happen? I wonder how much irritation that would cause?

Copyright piracy will not be deterred. Illegal copies will still be made. The 
quality might not be as good as the original digital master, but this 
approach at prevention will only stimulate a brilliant group of people to 
confound it. And they will succeed. Prohibition did not work. The war against 
drugs is going well, don't you think? Government imposed technical policy is 
no match for hackers. Look at the damage hackers do already.

The big question that I have is why Hollywood thinks they have a right to 
distribute on digital media? If digital is not working out for them, why not 
revert to analog media for distribution? They're all joined together - it 
should be an easy decision. 
-- 
Michael Mueller
Signalnetware, Inc.
www.signalnetware.com
919.621.6090