I really don't know what to say; people are too stupid to use the power they have as consumers.
"I don't wanna wait 'til somebody offers something I want! I want to get shafted now and whine about it!"
Morons.
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That said, I will say that there are no binding agreements for purchase of a product or service, unless said conditions are clearly posted at places of sale, visible prior to purchase.
The responses on Slashdot were (for the most part) quite interesting. I hadn't thought about standards logos having terms of use. DRM would deny the use of a non-DRM logo (ie. CD, DVD, IEEE 1394, etc.). These logos are also copyright protected, meaning no imitation would be legal.
Canadian copyright law also explicitly allows personal use copies, and allows P2P-type sharing (Where people choose something of yours and get a a copy for themselves; you can't give copies out). There is also no sympathy for the CRIA (something like that), since they get a piece of the blank media pie.
I guess the moral of the story is live somewhere that has a majority you agree with, or vote properly. I'm not going to delve into proper voting here, seeing as this is in General Stuff.
"I don't wanna wait 'til somebody offers something I want! I want to get shafted now and whine about it!"
Morons.
::PostScript::
That said, I will say that there are no binding agreements for purchase of a product or service, unless said conditions are clearly posted at places of sale, visible prior to purchase.
The responses on Slashdot were (for the most part) quite interesting. I hadn't thought about standards logos having terms of use. DRM would deny the use of a non-DRM logo (ie. CD, DVD, IEEE 1394, etc.). These logos are also copyright protected, meaning no imitation would be legal.
Canadian copyright law also explicitly allows personal use copies, and allows P2P-type sharing (Where people choose something of yours and get a a copy for themselves; you can't give copies out). There is also no sympathy for the CRIA (something like that), since they get a piece of the blank media pie.
I guess the moral of the story is live somewhere that has a majority you agree with, or vote properly. I'm not going to delve into proper voting here, seeing as this is in General Stuff.