____/ Jerry McBride on Thursday 14 February 2008 21:49 : \____
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> * Doug Mentohl peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>>
>
http://gizmodo.com/353847/riaa-wants-your-anti+virus-software-to-screen-your-downloads-for-pirated-content
>>
>> BY MADCOLOMBIAN AT 02/07/08 01:32 PM
>>
>> they are idiots. if they forced antivirus to check computers... then
>> people wouldnt install antivirus checkers at all...
>>
>> i personally would rather risk getting a virus (possibly losing 1k
>> on a computer if its that bad of a virus... but most arent
>> fixable one way or another anyway) than losing 100k+ on a dumb
>> ass lawsuit.
>>
>> 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).
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