Over the past few months there has been some debate on open expression and sharing information here on TGS. I subscribe to the "open source" model of software and ideas. You cannot stop it, its the new way of the world.
From the New York Times website this morning.
In Web Uproar, Antipiracy Code Spreads Wildly
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 — There is open revolt on the Web. Sophisticated Internet users have banded together over the last two days to publish and widely distribute a secret code used by the technology and movie industries to prevent piracy of high-definition movies.
The broader distribution of the code may not pose a serious threat to the studios, because it requires some technical expertise and specialized software to use it to defeat the copy protection on Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. But its relentless spread has already become a lesson in mob power on the Internet and the futility of censorship in the digital world. (...more)
Over the past few months there has been some debate on open expression and sharing information here on TGS. I subscribe to the "open source" model of software and ideas. You cannot stop it, its the new way of the world.
From the New York Times website this morning.
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