____/ Linonut on Friday 15 February 2008 12:29 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>>>> get the f out of here riaa
>>>>
>>>> Maybe that's why they made "Vista".
>>>
>>> It's amazing. These are knee jerk reactions of desperate corporations. They
>>> just aren't thinking it all the way through... not clear thinkers at all.
>>
>> Let them do it. It's good for GNU/Linux. It's also a shot in the foot for
>> them, driving people all the way to free culture (non-RIAA/MPAA
>> entertainment).
>
> Unfortunately, the telecomms and cable companies provide significant
> access to both paid and free culture :-(
The situation for free media is similar to that of Free software. When the RIAA
stops people from downloading its clients' songs, people will look
elsewhere -- at a wholly different industry. In the case of software, when you
stop people from cracking Windows, they'll turn to exploring Linux (among
other similar examples).
Let the RIAA 'fight'. Studies showed that so-called 'thieves' actually buy more
CDs.
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