Microsoft's Internet Driving Licence: stupid, unworkable and unenforceable

Posted by scrubs on Mar 10, 2010 2:32 PM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Gary Richmond 		Mail this story
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Barely a day goes by when you switch on your computer, plug into the web and come across yet another deranged scheme to restrict freedom in the name of security, safety or morality. RIAA, DMCA, RIPA, Pallidium computing, the list almost seems to grow exponentially. So, some guys got together in a dark room, brainstormed and came up with yet another ruse to curtail access to and use of the internet. Relax, this one won’t fly. Trust me. But the sheer audacity of it! Even the bovine docility of Windows users wouldn’t stomach this one (or would they?)—and here’s the irony. Read the full article at Freesoftware Magazine.

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Should be Manditory qcimushroom 9 1,833 Mar 11, 2010 10:08 AM
Brilliant rant, I guess phsolide 0 1,440 Mar 10, 2010 10:08 PM

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