From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932566AbWLOA6L (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:58:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932620AbWLOA6L (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:58:11 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:39990 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932566AbWLOA6K (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:58:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:06:19 +0000 From: Alan To: Michael ODonald Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules) Message-ID: <20061215010619.7d49fa6e@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The best ways to get rich corporations on our side in fighting the > DMCA is to use the DMCA to hurt their profits. Companies that rely on > binary drivers would have several options: > > 1) Lobby politicians to repeal the DMCA, They already are. The tech industry is mostly anti DMCA and there are plenty of deeply proprietary companies who fought against the DMCA, are fighting the US broadcast flag idiocy and so on. So you'd be fighting the wrong people. Alan