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" He complained the Internet has “created this notion that anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It’s as if the stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day." "

And this idiot gets paid millions of dollars a year!



Worse than that, these people are pushing DRM and probably lobbied for DMCA.


Plenty of very smart people push DRM too.


Any examples? I've never heard an intelligent pro-DRM argument and I'd be genuinely interested.


I didn't see your response until this had fallen off my "comments" list, and since I'm sure very few people will read this comment now, I'm going to forego the detailed response.

You can catch me via email (check my profile) and I'll take a SWAG at an answer; if you find the answer remotely compelling, I'll turn it into a blog post and thank you for the prod.


I expect that "nothing good will come out of the internet" to Sony... or anyone else who declines to leverage its power.

Sony has in past made some great contributions. But also some "great" trojans. This fellow's mentality will not help it rise via such former glories.




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