EFF: A broadcast flag update

Posted Sep 28, 2005 7:02 UTC (Wed) by euvitudo (subscriber, #98) [Link]

That's unfair, as the very act of posting here indicates that they are doing something about it.

Really? Posting a comment doesn't mean that you are doing anything about it. However, I'll admit that I do not know whether the previous poster has done/is doing anything about it.

You not spending $10 on a DRM DVD will have as much effect on the progress of DRM as King Canute on the tide.

You are merely reaffirming my statement, to which I firmly hold. I also do my best, given the time I have, by advocating an exercise of freedom by not funding the media giants. Sure, $10 here or there doesn't make much difference. But when 1000 people agree and make the choice, then that turns out to be $10000. If 10000 decide to agree and make the choice, then that's $100000. Surely most people spend much more than $10 per year on their beloved media (remember we are discussing the broadcast flag for digital TV/Radio). If only 1000 average people decide and make the choice to no longer fund media companies, and assuming that these people pay $1320 per year to media companies (~$50/mo for Digital Cable/Satellite; ~$30/mo on DVDs; and ~$30/mo on music; pulled these out of a hat), then that's $1.32Million that they did not pay to the media companies. Convince 1e5 people, that's $132Million.

Surely there are more than 1e5 FOSS users that are aware of these issues. ;^)