-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/07 15:02, Joe Hart wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/08/07 14:37, Lubos Vrbka wrote: >>>> Not to mention that the idea is idiotic - punish everyone because some >>>> people steal. Sheesh. >>> i think this is on par with the fact that we have (here in czech >>> republic, i'm not sure about other countries) to pay a fee for every >>> blank cd/dvd, flash disk, printer, etc., because these _could_ be used >>> for copying of some legal stuff... i think calling this idiotic is an >>> euphemism. >> What it is, is that it's assuming that you *will* break the law. > > Same thing here. Although only just on a blank DVD. The government > knows that the CSS has been cracked and the media companies convinced > some politician to sponsor a bill to help reimburse them from potential > lost revenue. It passed, and is now law. Has been for a few years. > > Welcome to SIG politics. Been that way in the States for a long time.
Sure. Fortunately, *this* bit of stupidity hasn't migrated to the US yet. Canada has it, though. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQOAgS9HxQb37XmcRAouTAKDGkProoY+XgVPojSi/D9GftgUs7ACePcWJ n2EKi6rDYXU+NErJoEcvXUs= =o9bV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
