Comment Re:Argh (Score 1) 252
Not everyone deserves to be in business. It's called the market. People who have a viable model and execute it well, of course, are performing a service and should - and often do - reap rewards. People who follow up a flawed model with peevish tantrums are not benefitting the economy, and we don't need them.
There's a lot of similarity between this and the DeCSS case: A company (or group of companies) wants to control private consumer behavior through a mechanism other than appealing to consumer economic self-interest. That's not how things have worked in the past, and it's scary to think that it might change. The only reason I participate in the capitalist economy is because I think it's better for me. If I wanted other people to tell me how to live, I'd go to Sweden or somewhere, where at least they have my interests at heart.
There's a lot of similarity between this and the DeCSS case: A company (or group of companies) wants to control private consumer behavior through a mechanism other than appealing to consumer economic self-interest. That's not how things have worked in the past, and it's scary to think that it might change. The only reason I participate in the capitalist economy is because I think it's better for me. If I wanted other people to tell me how to live, I'd go to Sweden or somewhere, where at least they have my interests at heart.
