From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262339AbTD3Pt1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:49:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262340AbTD3Pt1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:49:27 -0400 Received: from denise.shiny.it ([194.20.232.1]:57236 "EHLO denise.shiny.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262339AbTD3Pt0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:49:26 -0400 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.7 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030430135919.GB32300@work.bitmover.com> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:01:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Giuliano Pochini To: Larry McVoy Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , "Downing, Thomas" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 30-Apr-2003 Larry McVoy wrote: > Your post shows that you think that the reaction is bad and you even say > that the reaction is likely. You vigourously disagree with my conclusions > as to why the reaction is happening, I see that. OK, so let's try it > with a question rather than a statement: why are things like the DMCA and > DRM happening? It isn't the open source guys pushing those, obviously, > it's the corporations. So why are they doing it? IMHO, no dubt piracy is what caused the reaction. But it's not a direct cause. They always wanted things like DRM. The stronger is the control over your customers, the more money you get from them. Piracy is a very good excuse, but even without piracy it was only a matter of time. The distance between who can and who cannot, is contantly increasing. It's the age we are living :( Bye.