From: "Geo." 

This is the same argument that they used against the VCR, it allows anyone
to pirate stuff soooo easily... and yet it enabled the movie industries to
make more money than they ever dreamed possible.

The internet is no different.

You need to understand something, people are basically honest folks who pay
for what they want. All you need to do is figure out what they want and
make it available at a price point that they find acceptable. The internet
is a wet dream for this if the copyright nuts don't fuck it up with their
same old nonsense.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45bd239b{at}w3.nls.net...
   Stronger protections are due to one thing, technological advances that
make piracy easier with increases in connection speeds being a major one if
not the major one.  10 years ago people didn't steal movies over the
internet like they do today because it wasn't practical.  20 years ago you
had to distribute physical media which took significant time to duplicate.

   I don't see copy protection restrictions becoming any more restrictive.
They seem focused on one thing, don't allow unlicenced copying.

   It's very interesting that this seems to affect your life so much.  I
could see this if you are one of the folks active in pirating software and
content.  I can't think of a single example where any such restrictions
have affected me but I'm not a pirate.

Rich
  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45bced48$1{at}w3.nls.net...


  The whole thing is being motivated by the desire of the software and
content
  industries to have more and more restrictive options for copy protection
and
  licensing use.

  Geo.

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