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Yeah right, home taping really killed off the music industry didn't it? Now the entertainment industry is claiming that file sharing is killing music (and film, and software, etc) and that Digital Rights Management is the only solution. </p> <p> Of course, this is just more of the same bullshit. It's all about putting control over what you do with your computer, CD player, printer, scanner, etc., in the hands of Microsoft and their corporate buddies. Your rights as a consumer are being quickly eroded to put more control in the hands, and more profit in the pockets of the corporate giants of the computer and entertainment industries. </p> <p> Don't stand for it - boycott HP, Sony and Microsoft products - or at the very least, choose against them whenever you can. And don't be afraid of writing to them to let them know why you went with a competitor's product instead of theirs. Or failing that, just put one of these logos up on your web site, and then you can look like a hardened human rights protester without having to do anything too much like hard work... </p> <p> This logo is released to the public domain. You may copy, use, distribute, and modify it in any way you see fit. Please use it to raise awareness of this important issue. </p> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="20"> <tr> <td align="center"> <img src="/images/misc/greedkills/GreedKillsWhite.png" alt="Corporate Greed is Killing Music" width="191" height="182" border="0" /> </td> <td align="center"> <img src="/images/misc/greedkills/GreedKillsBlack.png" alt="Corporate Greed is Killing Music" width="191" height="182" border="0" /> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="reddit"> <script>reddit_url='http://wardley.org/misc/greedkillsmusic.html'</script> <script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=3"></script> </div> <div class="iconset"> <a href="/index.html" class="abw icon" title="Home"><span class="caption">Home</span></a><a href="/computers/index.html" class="computer icon" title="Computers"><span class="caption">Computers</span></a><a href="/computers/tt.html" class="tt2 icon" title="Template Toolkit"><span class="caption">Template Toolkit</span></a><a href="/computers/perl/index.html" class="camel icon" title="Perl Programming"><span class="caption">Perl Programming</span></a><a href="/kites/index.html" class="kite icon" title="Kites"><span class="caption">Kites</span></a><a href="/boards/index.html" class="mboard icon" title="Boards"><span class="caption">Boards</span></a><a href="/graphics/index.html" class="cool icon" title="Graphics"><span class="caption">Graphics</span></a> <br clear="all" /> </div> <div class="copyright"> © Copyright 1995-2009 Andy Wardley. 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