IEEE Spectrum has a very well-written article called "Death by DMCA" describing many of the technologies that have been killed or are in the process of being killed by legislation sponsored by large media conglomerates, the RIAA, and the MPAA. If you own a TiVo, MP3 player, DVD recorder, home theater PC, digital camcorder, HDTV, or any of a long list of other devices or technologies, you should read this article. Even if you aren't into any of those things, you should read this article.
It is interesting to read the technologies that we have all missed out on because of fears of piracy, and then to read the statistics showing how they didn't stop piracy at all.
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." - Princess Leia
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Glad to have you back in the blogosphere (what, like we weren't supposed to notice your two month hiatus?). Hope all is well. Interesting article too, thanks for sharing it!
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