Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Hollywood wants to disable your PC. Even more absurd Hollywood/DRM scuttle this morning, as the major Studios make the case that their 'bottom line' is going to be a factor in determining the extents of your constitutional rights. These same honest folks are only trying to look out for their artists, after all.
WASHINGTON--Congress is about to consider an entertainment industry proposal that would authorize copyright holders to disable PCs used for illicit file trading. A draft bill seen by CNET News.com marks the boldest political effort to date by record labels and movie studios to disrupt peer-to-peer networks that they view as an increasingly dire threat to their bottom line.

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