Re: A Sellout is a Sellout is a Sellout

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Combat Chuck Too Many Cannibals Premium join:2001-11-29 Erie, PA	reply to major marco Re: A Sellout is a Sellout is a Sellout said by major marco : DRM will be the death of BT no matter how many coats of sugar are applied to fool everyone into thinking DRM is good for consumers. How will DRM kill bittorrent? At this point BT exists and will continue to exist in spite of anything Cohen does; it may kill his particular store that happens to use bittorrent as a method of distributing files, but that has nothing to do with bittorrent in and of itself. Saying DRM will kill BT makes about as much sense as saying DRM will kill TCP/IP. -- Early to rise, early to bed; Makes a man healthy but socially dead.
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swhx7 Premium join:2006-07-23 Elbonia ·RoadRunner Cable	Correct, but it's important to mention the reason bittorrent will go on. It's because it's a free and open standard. The protocol is publicly documented and free from copyright and patent encumbrances. There's even open source sample code in the form of the original client which is under a BSD-like license. The way to create technology of enduring value to the world is to set it free.
swhx7 Premium join:2006-07-23 Elbonia ·RoadRunner Cable	to forum · permalink · · 2006-12-04 22:50:50 ·


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