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All Hail Our Benevolent Corporate Overlords

Written By
CS
Carla Schroder
Mar 11, 2010

“After reading Electronics Manufacturers Use US Legal System to
Thwart Hardware ‘Hacks’ I was all set to type a fiery response, but
Linux Today readers beat me to it. In a nutshell, the tech industry
is accelerating its attacks on our rights to do what we want with
our own property….

“Isn’t that special. The nice people at Apple are making sure
that dumb kids and senile old people, and all the rest of us don’t
hurt ourselves, because we’re too stupid to make our own
decisions.”

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CS

Carla Schroder

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