Entertainment and Hypocrisy

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2010

“It’s the KDE logo! Disney animators are using Free Software on
their desktops! Disney affirms our rights under the General Public
License! After all, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough
for the rest of us, right?

“Wait a minute. I thought the MPAA opposed my right to use my
computer as I see fit. Wasn’t that the whole point of encrypting
DVD’s, so that I couldn’t watch a movie without a properly locked,
licensed and blessed DVD-playing program? Yeah, a whole lot of good
that did. So here is a question for Disney et al.:

“You are using Free Software in your movie-creating
environment…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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