Have patience, Congress will get around to matches and lighters soon enough. Seriously though, these new laws dealing with P2P and Software patents, and copyright are all very dangerous and will be used as big sticks to beat down competition from small entrepreneurs. This outflux of talent from major corporations to small start-up companies is starting to rattle some of the people in power. After all they *need*, to keep a certain amount of slave labor close at hand.
<dons tin foil hat, nervously looks left and right>
-----Original Message----- From: David Nicol
Oh please. Are matches illegal beccause of arson?
This week's Michael's Minutes talked about how Linspire 5.0 might be illegal because it incorporates BitTorrent/P2P. The INDUCE
Act is trying
to make all P2P software illegal, but it could have a lot
broader effect
than just a bunch of copyrighted music.
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Brian Densmore