Thursday, April 28, 2005

Wired News: Bush OKs Smut-Stripping Tech

I see. It is quite alright to cut and paste a copyrighted work without the owner's permission as long as the result makes the government happier. It is alright to make the devices we use to find and view information and entertainment enforce government notions of what we should or should not see or hear. Do we consumers get to play? Can we remove types of comercials and political messages that offend us? No?

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