Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> Might I ask what the heck this has to do with linux, computersm or technology
> in general?
" Thanks in part to nearly $300,000 in campaign contributions from the
entertainment industry, hes become a tireless champion of the Luddites.
Last year, Hollings introduced an outrageous piece of legislation that
would have required every piece of electronics sold in the United States
to come outfitted with a copyright protection mechanism. The bill would
have significantly increased the cost of everything from car stereos to
home computers, and would have thrown a wet blanket over further
development of digital technology."
*AND* would have made it illegal to use anything other than Microsoft
Windows with all its crippeling DRM technology for watching *your* DVDs
listening to *your* CDs, etc.
Agree with him or not- it is *very* technolgy related.
>
> Some people (myself in particular) might agree with many of the Senators
> positions and the only possible outcome IMHO of sending this to the list is a
> flamewar.
>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Victor Odhner wrote:
>
>
>>Here is an article giving, shall we say, a less
>>than favorable review of Sen. Hollings' career.
>>"Fritz Hollings is a walking advertisement for term limits."
>>
>><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99446,00.html>
>>
>>The author sums it up this way:
>> Perhaps the swan song for Hollings will read
>> something like this:
>>
>> "Sen. Ernest Hollings made his greatest effort
>> on behalf of liberty this session than any he's
>> struck in his 36-year Senate career.
>> He announced his retirement."
>>
>>Radley Balko is a writer living in Arlington, Va.
>>He also maintains a Weblog at <www.theagitator.com.>
>>
>>
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