Why we can't record our TV shows

[Ted Roche]

Seth Cohn wrote:
> 
> And you've illustrated exactly the chilling effect on the flow of
> information.
> 

Yes, I have, intentionally.

> When a link, NOT copyrighted material itself IN ANY WAY, but a mere
> link to a website with information on it, is suddenly forbidden fruits
> and banned, what is the long term effect of that on the Internet, on
> discussion groups, etc?

It's a serious problem, and I'm encouraging my congresspeople to make
the lines much more clear. In the appropriate forums.

> That, it seems to me, IS on topic for this group, because without open
> discussion and the Internet flowing freely, and with bad copyright
> laws and bad patents enforced, the open source community faces a
> serious threat to its' existence.

This is not the place to change bad laws. You and I may disagree with
them, but for the sake of our community we need to follow them here
until we get them changed.

> 
>> Let's focus our discussions on Linux and Free/Open Source Software and
>> not on proprietary multimedia. There are plenty of other forums for that.
> 
> I agree.  

Thank you.

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