Finally! Some good news

jaguar · 10-03-2002, 12:19 AM

From this article:

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The IT industry's giants including Intel will rally behind a bill to be announced by Congressman Rick Boucher in Washington DC, tomorrow morning.

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Lofgren's proposed "Digital Choice And Freedom Act Of 2002" (DCFA) [summary ; full text] will ensure that consumers will be able to make copies, sell or reuse digital media they own; prohibits non-negotiable shrink wrap licenses and decriminalizes non-infringing circumvention devices.

Lets hope it gets through!!

Undertoad · 10-03-2002, 09:07 AM

Finally Intel et al realize that preventing people from doing what they want with their PCs is bad for the PC business. MS Word doesn't tax a Pentium, much less a Pentium 4. To do that you meed multimedia.

Nic Name · 10-03-2002, 09:28 AM

Fur spell cheque you meed Word.

russotto · 10-03-2002, 03:06 PM

It's dead already.

Nic Name · 10-03-2002, 03:26 PM

No bill with Freedom in the title has a hope since the PATRIOT ACT.

10-03-2002, 09:07 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Finally Intel et al realize that preventing people from doing what they want with their PCs is bad for the PC business. MS Word doesn't tax a Pentium, much less a Pentium 4. To do that you meed multimedia.

10-03-2002, 09:28 AM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Fur spell cheque you meed Word.

10-03-2002, 03:06 PM	#4
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	It's dead already.

10-03-2002, 03:26 PM	#5
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	No bill with Freedom in the title has a hope since the PATRIOT ACT.

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