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Subject: Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now
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From: Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 09:35:43 +0100
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Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com> writes:

>> The solution is simple: go and create your own content, and share it
>> with your friends. But you won't get Hollywood movies this way.
>
> The problem is that copy-protection will only be effective
> if you impose Soviet style restrictions on the use of computers.

That's not necessarily true.  Most people cannot circumvent even basic
obstacles when it comes to computers, and both industry and
legislative might be content with that.

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Florian Weimer 	                  Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE
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