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Re: [News] Fox News: Bono to Help FLOSS?

  • Subject: Re: [News] Fox News: Bono to Help FLOSS?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:00:50 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ John Bailo ] on Thursday 06 July 2006 17:17 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Open-Source-Software Activists Want Bono to Join Cause
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | But could the lead singer of U2 also become a front man for a
>> | grass-roots campaign seeking to change how the music industry
>> | does business? The Free Software Foundation hopes so.
>> `----
>> 
>>         http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201654,00.html
> 
> Maybe he can perform one of his famous "AID" concerts in support of FSF.

Maybe as a symbolic gesture of demonstration he can have his tunes (or
microphone input) properly encoded and then output in encoded form. This
will symbolise the effect DRM has on one's music and knock people's eardrums
at the same time. Turn ip up, full blast. See how they can handle
'fingernail on blackborad' segments.

Best wishes,

Roy

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