From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:20:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:20:25 -0500 Received: from sushi.toad.net ([162.33.130.105]:18387 "EHLO sushi.toad.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 19:20:12 -0500 Subject: Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now From: Thomas Hood To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2 Date: 01 Mar 2002 19:21:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1015028463.2276.231.camel@thanatos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The solution is simple: go and create your own content, and share it > with your friends. But you won't get Hollywood movies this way. The problem is that copy-protection will only be effective if you impose Soviet style restrictions on the use of computers. Certain powerful corporations want effective copy-protection. Ergo, those powerful corporations will want to impose Soviet style restrictions on the use of computers. The attempt will ultimately fail. So did the Soviet Union, but in the meantime the attempt to make it work was, and will be, something of an inconvenience.