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I suppose the promoters of this legislation would say they're not getting in the way of open-source OSes, for example. They say file-transfer software should be capable of containing a hidden kernel of tracking software so what users up and download may be monitored (in the interests of respect of copyright). Since that is contrary to the very principle of open-source software, open-source file-transfer software should be forbidden...

Micro$oft would be so pleased...

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Dec 4th, 2005 at 12:24:15 PM EST
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The idea that file transfers should be monitored by closed-source software in the interest of copyright is like arguing that the post office should open everyone's mail just to check that you're not mailing a photocopy of copyrighted material...

I have already predicted that geeks will take the internet underground in the near future. These kinds of law just make that possibility all the more likely.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Dec 4th, 2005 at 01:42:45 PM EST
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