Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!]

[rmoser]

Just some clarification, this thread is generating excessive traffic.
Is this actually a useful topic, or are you just having a flamewar?
If it's just a big argument, can you stop?  Like, get your own list,
put all the participants on it, and flame there.

If it's relavent, then get to the point.

--Bluefox Icy

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On 4/27/2003 at 4:53 PM Larry McVoy wrote:

>On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 11:51:58PM +0100, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
>>
>> Please excuse the aggressive trimming, but I don't think I'm
>> affecting the intent of your works.
>
>I agree, what you did is fine, great in fact.  Thanks.
>
>> >     1) Corporations are threatened when people copy their content
>and/or
>> >        products.
>>
>> I think that the word "copy" may be a significant cause
>> of artificial disagreement here.  I, for one, find it just
>> as misleading as "free" (is it as-in-beer or as-in-speech?).
>>
>> Larry -- would you be willing, in future postings of this
>> nature, to distinguish "duplicate" and "reimplement"?
>
>A very good point, you're right.  And it's worse because I use "copying"
>to mean two different things depending on context.
>
>To clarify: in general, when I'm talking about copying, what I mean depends
>on whether I'm talking about content or software programs.  For content,
>copying means the act of generating a new copy of the content (copying
>mp3 files via Napster like services, for example).  For programs, which
>is usually what I'm talking about, I mean the act of sitting down and
>trying to make a new program which does the same thing as the old program.
>
>I think some people may think that I mean redistribution when I say
>copying and I almost never am talking about that.
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>Larry McVoy              lm at bitmover.com
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