[olug] Why I no longer care about Disney.

[Timothy G. O'Brien]

Why? because our country & world are populated by "sheeple", who do not care.

I for one have not purchased any DVD's, and have only gone to the movies once or twice in the last year - one of those was at the Dundee. Also, I do not partake in any fast "food" establishments; and try not to purchase corp food products.

I have tried talking to friends & family on this issue - most do not want to hear about it or dismiss my "Konspiricy" Xfiles theorys. So I follow the  issue as best I can, and try to do what I can.

David Walker <linux_user at grax.com> wrote:

>Censorship:
>I find it unacceptable that the movie industry should so blatantly go about 
>trying to censor the artistic creations of computer programmers while being 
>so anti-censorship themselves.  A piece of computer source code that depicts 
>how to copy a DVD movie you legitimately purchased is an evil thing to be put 
>down while a piece of celluloid demonstrating drug use, terrorism, murder 
>sprees, how to defeat a murder rap, and other crimes is a celebrated artistic 
>work protected by our rights to freedom of expression.
>
>Doesn't work:
>The software industry has spent the last 20 years looking at copy protection 
>and they have come to the conclusion that it does not work.  Why should the 
>movie industry expect the software industry to suddenly make it work just 
>because it is legally mandated?
>
>I don't buy it:
>I have cut back my movie watching extremely just because of their actions in 
>these matters.  I used to purchase a DVD weekly but I have't purchased one in 
>months.  I rarely go to movies purely because that money goes to support the 
>same people.
>
>Stolen from the public and then sold back for a profit:
>These people have been manipulating congress for most of this century,  
>hijacking material that would go into the public domain for their own private 
>gain.  28 years used to be the maximum copyright protection.  Certainly long 
>enough to make incredible sums of money from a project.  Star Wars: A New 
>Hope isn't even 28 years old yet.
>
>(In case you can't tell this is a topic I follow closely)
>
>On Thursday 06 June 2002 03:18 pm, Jonathan Warren wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24262.html
>>
>> I really can't beleive the power we allow influencal people to exhort over
>> our goverment.  I am happy to see the resistane that the online press is
>> putting  up on these issues I just wish the general public had a better
>> understanding of computers, digital copyright, freespeach, and the 2nd
>> amendment.  Ok the last one is unrelated but I still wish people knew there
>> rights as americans and would fight more to protect them.
>>
>> -Jon
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