Re: OT: Palladium (Was Re: eric raymond)
On 19 May 2003, Niels Möller wrote:
> We're quickly getting off topic here, but I'm not so worried about the
> technological side of TCPA/Palladium. I think computers without that
> sort of control will be available for the foreseeable future (like
> region free DVD-players exist, at least in Sweden you can buy them in
> ordinary 100%-mainstream shops). You might not be able to run M$ W*rd
> on a TCPA-free computer, but I wouldn't do that anyway.
>
I am not worried long term. If a law is unenforcible it will quickly
become a dead letter, this is certainly true of the Westminster (English
speaking) legal system.
Free Software is transnational and it only needs one legal jurisdiction
not to insist on TCPA and it legal support for TCPA to be ineffective.
The multi-nationals are getting some of their own back ;) ;) ;)
Phil.
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