[olug] Why I no longer care about Disney.

[David Walker]

Censorship:
I find it unacceptable that the movie industry should so blatantly go about 
trying to censor the artistic creations of computer programmers while being 
so anti-censorship themselves.  A piece of computer source code that depicts 
how to copy a DVD movie you legitimately purchased is an evil thing to be put 
down while a piece of celluloid demonstrating drug use, terrorism, murder 
sprees, how to defeat a murder rap, and other crimes is a celebrated artistic 
work protected by our rights to freedom of expression.

Doesn't work:
The software industry has spent the last 20 years looking at copy protection 
and they have come to the conclusion that it does not work.  Why should the 
movie industry expect the software industry to suddenly make it work just 
because it is legally mandated?

I don't buy it:
I have cut back my movie watching extremely just because of their actions in 
these matters.  I used to purchase a DVD weekly but I have't purchased one in 
months.  I rarely go to movies purely because that money goes to support the 
same people.

Stolen from the public and then sold back for a profit:
These people have been manipulating congress for most of this century,  
hijacking material that would go into the public domain for their own private 
gain.  28 years used to be the maximum copyright protection.  Certainly long 
enough to make incredible sums of money from a project.  Star Wars: A New 
Hope isn't even 28 years old yet.

(In case you can't tell this is a topic I follow closely)

On Thursday 06 June 2002 03:18 pm, Jonathan Warren wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/24262.html
>
> I really can't beleive the power we allow influencal people to exhort over
> our goverment.  I am happy to see the resistane that the online press is
> putting  up on these issues I just wish the general public had a better
> understanding of computers, digital copyright, freespeach, and the 2nd
> amendment.  Ok the last one is unrelated but I still wish people knew there
> rights as americans and would fight more to protect them.
>
> -Jon
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