Saturday, January 22, 2005
Come to DC for Grokster, stay for F2C
Wow, the end of March is going to be busy in Washington, DC. Boingboing reports that the Supreme Court will, um, entertain oral arguments in MGM v. Grokster on March 29. And, of course, F2C: Freedom to Connect is March 30-31.
Grokster is important. The Supreme Court might well overturn our right to use copying technology, which was affirmed in 1984 by that Court's Betamax decision.
Grokster is important. The Supreme Court might well overturn our right to use copying technology, which was affirmed in 1984 by that Court's Betamax decision.
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The F2C proposals strike a chord deep within me. I have spent the last 6 years as a software engineer in the telecom/datacom vendor industry. I have also been in a couple of failed startup companies that could not get over the hump of selling to a RBOC. The arena of deregulation vs regulation, private monopoly vs public monopoly is too noisy to acknowledge the fact that this industry is really about people communicating with each other.
I am seriously considering leaving the telecom business. It is hard to make a rallying cry for the rights of people to connect when I am depending on the corporations who have the might to disconnect, for my daily bread.
Once I am out, maybe I can get involved with F2C without feeling like a hypocrite.
Go F2C!!
- V.A
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I am seriously considering leaving the telecom business. It is hard to make a rallying cry for the rights of people to connect when I am depending on the corporations who have the might to disconnect, for my daily bread.
Once I am out, maybe I can get involved with F2C without feeling like a hypocrite.
Go F2C!!
- V.A
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