TCPA/PALLADIUM

[Kurt Kessler]

This all may be true, but it WILL NOT pass in all
countries. Many countries are not as liable to the
'knee-jerk' that seems so prevalant here... And that
being the case, it will still be possible to buy NON
palladium electronic 'things' elsewhere...

 
--- Jason Clinton <clintonj at umkc.edu> wrote:
> Kurt Kessler wrote:
> 
> >Oh well. When the day comes that you can no longer
> by
> >an x86 setup that is Palladium free...  That will
> be
> >the day I am Sparc only. =)
> >
> >Kurt
> >
> >  
> >
> The reason the Chip is coloquially called "fritz" is
> because Senator 
> Fritz Hollings is busilly pushing for legislation
> requiring Palladium in 
> all 'consumer' electronics. No one will be free.
> 
> The question is: where doesn't the diffinition of
> 'consumer electronic' 
> end and 'custom hardware solution' begin? Will there
> be a day when the 
> only people that can run Linux are members of some
> sort of hardware 
> underground that still believes in the fundamentally
> free nature of 
> information? This is why it is so vitially important
> for geeks to become 
> politically active. This 'DRM controlled' is a lot
> closer than people 
> realize.
> 
> 

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