A good piece on CNet on the extent to which self-interest of music industry
executives threatens our civil rights.
http://cnet.com/music/0-1652424-8-6906942-1.html
"Your favorite lobbyist is quite busy now. He spends his time in Brussels
and Washington D.C., working on new copyright acts. Your favorite lawyer is
quite busy as well. Both of them have the same objective: to stop you from
communicating freely and efficiently on the Internet. They are afraid that
your freedom will make their clients--the music industry--lose money.
In the past, legislators have designated a private sphere in the life of
each individual as unregulated. In your private sphere, you could do many
things, as long as they concerned only yourself and maybe some friends. The
private sphere was considered your home. You could exercise your fair use
rights to copy music and papers for personal or academic use...."
Regards, Tony Healy
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This ease of use gave the Microsoft program manager a favorable impression
of the program right off the bat. Now, when Microsoft gets a favorable
impression of a program right off the bat, they shell out $150 million or
so. Joel Spolsky http://www.joelonsoftware.com
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