Copyright Battle Heating Up:
May 19th, 2002
According to Business Week, “Forget about Bill Gates, folks. The biggest enemy of free software may be Senator Ernest F. Hollings.” Hollings is the sponsor of the proposed legislation to require copyright-protection software to be embedded in any device that handles digital data. Big Media trying to mandate hardware development via legislative puppets like Hollings — well, call me paranoid, but that’s creepy.
Over at LawMeme, a great article points out the flaws in the arguments made by Hollings and Big Media.