EME and DRM

Recent exposures of the wholesale spying by  the NSA and the subsequent
banning by the American military of access to the websites reporting on
this (e.g. The Guardian) should be sufficient reason to oppose ANYTHING
that can be used to restrict access over a medium that should be FREE.

I also wonder why a few corporations should have it in their power to
decide what gets written into the browsers. Much ado is always made about
democracy, so let's have a vote on this issue.

Corporations that use the internet to make money should pay for it. If I go
to the cinema, for instance, I pay not only for the film I see but also for
the maintenenance of equipment, building and furniture. Corporations that
now want to take over this function by showing their goods over the
internet should pay to the community for this use.

On the technical aspect; surely the corporations interested in selling
their services can do so by a simple set-top box, or even incorporate it
into a modem, so that I have control over from whom and at what price I buy
their offering. And not sit with a browser that has been modified to
control access to what I can see.

Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen /
Meilleures salutations/ Cordiali Saluti / 此致敬意
Sinceramente seu / تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام



Dr. H. Bodewig
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