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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:34:58AM -0400, Michael Mol wrote |
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> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:33 AM, BRM <bm_witness@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > We'll see if SecureBoot actually even makes it to market; if it |
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> > does, expect some Class Action lawsuits to occur. |
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> We'll see. Don't forget _you can turn the thing off_. I expect the |
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> lawsuits will come around when the ability to turn the thing off or |
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> reconfigure it is removed. |
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The reason there is so much hate for TPM/Palladium/etc is that they're |
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tied into failed legislation proposed by former South Carolina Senator |
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Fritz Hollings. He was jokingly referred to as "the Democrat from |
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Disney", because he seemed to spend more energy representing big media |
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than the people of his state. |
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Fire up Google and look up the terms... |
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SSSCA CBDTPA "Fritz chip" |
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This was intended to be draconian mandatory DRM on every PC. |
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Importing or building one without it would result in five to twenty |
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years in prison, and fines between $50,000 and $1 million. It would've |
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effectively outlawed linux. MS is trying to use its corporate muscle to |
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do via market manipulation what legislators couldn't. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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