:Microsoft's Internet Driving Licence: stupid, unworkable and unenforceable
Microsoft's Internet Driving Licence: stupid, unworkable and unenforceable Mar 10, 2010, 15 :32 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5139 reads) (Other stories by Gary Richmond)
"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. It seems to have been dreamed up by someone at Microsoft but in reality this nonsense has form. The wrap sheet’s a long one. Welcome to the world of “Microsoft’s Internet license”.
"Microsoft and internet licencing. Same difference
"Users of proprietary operating systems and software are the equivalent of digital couch potatoes. They are essentially passive consumers of high cholesterol product. Digital sludge is their fare. Users and advocates of free and open operating systems and software are active producers. Digital freedom is their food of choice. Lean, mean and low fat. Companies like Microsoft have already larded their customers with a never ending escalator of restrictions, licences and attempts to tie down their very motherboards with intrusive polling to prevent copyright infringement."
