[x]Blackmoor Vituperative

Monday, 2009-03-02

The losing battle for technology freedom

Filed under: Intellectual Property,Society,Technology — bblackmoor @ 18:41

Penguin Pete is far more optimistic than I am. The history of media (words, music, images, etc.) in the USA and elsewhere is one of increasing layers of restrictions on consumers, and ever-expanding protections for the media robber barons and the Digital Rights Mafia (DRM).

It will get worse before it gets better. Or, as my grandmother once said, “You can’t get blood out of a turnip, but you can sure ruin the turnip trying.”