Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>>>> http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/05/cafc_applies_ks.html
>>
>> Patents, like DRM, are becoming weaker and weaker every day.
>
> Not rapidly enough.
>
>> Companies that
>> depend of these for survival are diminishing, so their power to influence
>> politics is decreasing as well.
>
> I sure hope so. I'm not optimistic.
>
>> Disruptive technology (e.g. YouTube for open
>> publishing for all, blogging to replace newspapers, amateurs to replace
>> 'professional' photographers, Free software to eliminate lockins) are here
>> to stay and grow further.
>
> The internet is the air supply, and people pay for this air supply.
>
The DRM companies are not providing the internet, though, it comes from
the Telcos.
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