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LXer: Preventing DVD Playback on Linux Like Prohibition in the 1920’s

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 29, 2005

“You and I can claim the status of victims with regard to US
Economic policy. Our government has attempted to ram a false notion
down the throats of the world and our government has failed us. The
notion has an underlying theory which assumes the US has an
absolute value advantage economically with regard to intellectual
property.

“What’s that mean? In economics a country, industry and/or
organization like Microsoft has an absolute advantage on the
producers side if a good absorbs fewer resources than required in
another country or by other individuals and/or companies. The US
has lost that advantage mostly to China, Brazil and eastern
Europe…”

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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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