30 Mar
2002
30 Mar
'02
12:51 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
Well, they did manage to pass the DMCA, so I think this thing should still
be watched closely.
-Toth
The End of Classic Computing, and in fact, the
end
of Computing as a hobby for almost all of us, is on
the table in the U.S. Congress in the form of The
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion
Act (CBDTPA). This insidious bill would strike at
the very heart of this community, the software that
keeps our ClassicComputers running, unless we or
someone incorporates anti-pirating measures.
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Ah hell. This is a dead fish. It stinks really bad but it'll eventually
just go away. I wouldn't worry about it.