[Gllug] Fwd: So

[Simon Stewart]

One of my housemates pointed this out. Given that Hollywood seems ever
so keen to clamp down on any rights that we might have, I can see
where he's coming from. OTOH, quite why the IT industry in general is
letting itself get pushed around like it is by Hollywood, I'm not
sure: we've been dealing with pirated digital material for over 20
years now, and amazingly people are still making a profit. In fact,
it's more of a profit than the film industry generates according to
numerous stories in the Register....

I know that there are some people involved with the film industry on
this list, and that there are others who are interested in the whole
"digital rights" debate, so can I "do a John" and solict some debate
on these issues?

----- Forwarded message -----

Harry Potter has been released without Macrovision copy protection, 
presumably as an experiment to see how it affects sales. I suggest we all 
go and buy a copy.

----- End forwarded message -----
Cheers,

Simon

-- 
Only two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former - Albert Einstein

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