On Wednesday 13 September 2006 11:24, K. Richard Pixley wrote: > The linux market hasn't really ever competed in those markets. There > aren't any serious photography apps, video editing apps, etc. What will > hurt linux in the market place is DRM. I can play dvd's on my mac. I > can't on most out-of-the-box linux distributions. What's so wrong with boycotting movies that get released in a freedom-inhibiting manner? You have to infringing on fair use expensive, and by far the worst way to do that is buy the movie, shrug and say "What are you going to do?" DVD makers don't hear "DRM sucks donkey balls for bus money then walks home" when you give them money, they hear, "I hate freedom! Sell me more movies that can't be watched in any player, that I can't readily make a backup copy of, or is on media deliberately designed to destroy itself after only a handful of uses! And make it an absolute nightmare to buy foreign movies while travelling internationally that will play when I get home! I love being dictated to when it comes to what I can, and on which devices, I can watch and listen to media!" -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca
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