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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 11 September 2006 10:32 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Richard Stallman on Kerela's desktop Linux adoption
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>>>| I am currently in France. Here some companies sell computers whose
>>>| BIOS prevents installation of anything but Windows. Customers with a
>>>| certain amount of expertise may be able to get another BIOS from branches
>>>| of the same companies in other countries, but ordinary users won't know
>>>| how to do that.
>>>|
>>>| Also, we are concerned that the new French law, like the DMCA but even
>>>| nastier, might prohibit the replacement of the BIOS if Windows is deemed
>>>| to be a form of Digital Restrictions Management.
>>> `----
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>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7058002470.html
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>> France is never predictable, that's for sure! The current French
>> government is very right-wing.
>
> You know, that's one of these places where technology that controls the
> people is supported by the cabinet. Just imagine! Robbing the French...
> taking away their freedom. I can hear a revolution coming. Have you had a
> chance to see that video I posted the other day? Let me find it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-EX9fSIcg
>
> I hope that activists in France stick it to DRM once and for all. The
> government made it an offence to backward engineer DRM, even if the purpose
> is to access media you paid for.
>
It's the kind of legislation which is ripe for the guillotine, I think.
Perhaps along with its proponents...
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
"... freedom ... is a worship word..."
"It is our worship word too."
-- Cloud William and Kirk, "The Omega Glory", stardate unknown
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