... are doomed to repeat it...

Anyone fancy some DRM? Or a bullshit non-standardized mobile adapter? I know imitation is flattery but...

So bury your head in the sand and everything's gonna be alright, eh? Fat chance - just because you haven't done anything wrong doesn't mean you have a 100% guarantee that you'll never be accused. It's times like these that I remember this important poem by Martin Niemoller: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.

Unless everyone (including those who aren't being targeted by the RIAA et al.) is willing to speak out in support of those being inappropriately targeted and against such injustices then the bullshit theatre taking place in US courtrooms (and elsewhere slowly but surely) and the industry growing up based on it will simply continue..

You must be stoned too, link already posted earlier... marijuana affects the memory... :-)

The original :-)

Oh that's a relief, for a second there I thought I had accidently loaded a Wikipedia entry,..

Step 1: Set prices for CDs at such a high level consumers start to turn to alternative sources

Step 2: Continue to follow out-dated market system into financial hell while suing average people who may/may not have downloaded music and alienating more of their former/potential customer base at the same time

Step 3:???

Step 4: Government Bailout

Step 5: Profit!

We now know EMI's Step 3!! Can't wait to see how the rest of the gang implements it :-)

See it will help us! Although the tomacco has ruined my spelling and grammar I no longer have the desire to smoke weed... or eat for that matter but who cares?! We can all have tomacco!

Damn straight, fuck regulation It's time to let new and innovating industried move in: all hail Tomacco , that which will save us from this Great Recession!!!

There, fixed that for ya Comrade Medvedev. Three cheers for cold-war style rhetoric!!

But what's stopping MS from simply putting IE as the first choice? Or in the case of Linux whatever the distro's favourite browser choice? While it's a nice idea, Lie seems to forget that a large number of people buy pre-configured systems, and even then there's a good chance they'd pick the first choice offered out of lack of awareness. Unless the organisations behind Opera, Firefox et al can whip up a major advertising campaign rivaling anything MS can pump out it's not as simple as putting a few choices on the screen.

A very good question indeed, perhaps you should smoke a few rocks and let us know whether or not things are better for ya...