See, the burr in my fur about all of this is not that I can't copy
prerecorded music, legally or otherwise, but that a government sanctioned
institution is working towards monopolistic control of recording formats
in general. Once this copy-protection shit is in full effect, how is an
unsigned artist / home recorder supposed to get his material recognized
except by going through the "official" corporate channels? I've built up
my entire career on the internet and the mp3 format -- I'm not a hugely
recognized artist, but I've got some fans and some clout, which I never
would have been able to accomplish in the old days of demo tapes and
college radio.
I'm not worried though. One hacker is worth 30000 Microsoft engineers,
and anything that can be encoded can be always be cracked. They did it
with DVD, they'll do it with whatever else comes down the pike. What is
needed is legislation that recognizes that people are sick and tired of
HAVING to go illegal routes because the corporations' money controls the
flow of governmental regulation.
In short: buy nothing, steal everything, destroy system, build new system
on rubble. IMHO
m@2zo
www.thechisa.com
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