[olug] First time I ever liked a hacker

[Brian Wiese]

If you haven't yet... check this, though mostly software related

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

The treachery stuff...
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/10/21/1449250.shtml?tid=19


On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 10:56:21 -0500
Brian Wiese <bwiese at cotse.com> wrote:

|On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 09:34:14 -0500
|andrew <olug at einer.org> wrote:
|
||I agree that the debate surrounding DRM and TIA are concerning. However,
|| I don't believe that the technology is 'bad.' Tech can't have a moral 
||value. It's just tech. We can use tech for bad things or good things. 
||Nuclear bomb vs. Nuclear power. Electric chair vs. Electric toaster.
|
|Question Technology
|http://www.cpsr.org - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
|
|Yes, DRM could be good in some cases, but it's use being forced upon us
|takes away a LOT of our freedoms and abilities in this world.  (Was it
|posted here, or somewhere else -- some guy from the eff or some such
|explaining what circumstances make DRM-type stuff bad?)  This could lead
|to only "Treacherous Computers" instead of "Trusted Ones"...  =(

  Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
------------------------------------------------------
  GnuPG/PGP key 0xF3220030 | "FREEDOM!" - Braveheart 
------------------------------------------------------  
This is not about Napster or DVDs. It's about your Freedom.
  I'll see your DMCA and raise you a First Amendment.
              http://www.anti-dmca.org