Re:bah... (Score 1)

One of the most basic tenets of the entire open source movement is that copyrighting material traditionally is not necessarily in everyone's best interest. While many Slashdot readers are creators of easily reproducible content, that is exactly the point of said creation. The current debate over DeCSS and its implications for endusers would never have occurred four years ago. But because the (modern)open source movement and forums like this one exist and flourish people are beginning to question the notion of "best interest" and its ugly stepsister "copyright". With voice comes choice and the DeCSS debate is important if only to foster that idea.

-Phunnel