[NTLUG:Discuss] MI2 boycott

[cB]

 I have a better suggestion: Boycott DVD's and MP3! Listen to vinyl and
watch
 VHS.......that's how to boycott the corporate rock.

cB

Brian Koontz wrote:
> 
> Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> 
> > We'll stick with this, then, and I'll say again that I'm not sure where
> > you're getting the idea that people are doing this boycott (or anything
> > else related to DeCSS) as a general software freedom thing.
> 
> This was based on Ian Alexander's original post, in which he says the
> issue surrounding the MPAA's actions against DeCSS "is an important
> issue, and central to the public's right for software freedom."
> 
> >  And by
> > software freedom I think you mean the idea that "information wants to be
> > free" and that we should all be free to have the source of software we buy
> > and do what we want with, so that the position I see you arguing is that we
> > shouldn't be picking something involved in such an ongoing legal battle as
> > our "line in the sand" for a free software protest.
> 
> That is the way I inferred Ian's use of "software freedom."
> 
> > But that's not why I'm doing this, nor is it why most people I've talked to
> > are doing this.  I care about open dvd (the kind the law allows under fair
> > use) as an end in itself.
> 
> Then the intent of this boycott (and here I'm making a huge assumption
> that this is the cause in question when you say "that's not why I'm
> doing this") should be made clearer:  Is it a boycott to express
> displeasure over the MPAA's attempt to stifle software freedom (per the
> definition above), or is this a protest against the MPAA's
> interpretation of "fair use"?
> 
> Or maybe it's a little of both.  In which case, this whole discussion
> should serve to highlight the importance of clearly defining the terms
> of the boycott, what is being protested, etc.  Boycotting just for the
> sake of boycotting does nothing but dilute the message that is
> attempting to be delivered.
> 
> I think we're on the same page, just different paragraphs.
> 
>   --Brian
> 
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