[free-sklyarov] A streaming media player for the rest of us

[Vladimir Katalov]

http://www.idg.net/ic_795690_4394_1-2401.html

> Warning: Rant about the DMCA ahead
> 
> Give me a hand for a second so I can get up on this soapbox. I love
> America, but our political system has become so corrupt that it isn't
> uncommon to see bad people make bad laws and good people threatened
> with prison time as a result. I'm talking about the DMCA, of course.
> However, the same can be said of UCITA and other spawn of the marriage
> of unbridled corporate greed and purchased political power.
> 
> How can it be a crime for me to go the store and purchase a DVD drive
> for my computer, purchase a DVD movie at another store, and bring them
> home and watch the movie? It appears to be one, because I am running
> Linux and I don't have an "approved" software to decrypt the movie. We
> need a modern day Boston Tea Party. We need to send the crooks a
> message. An unencrypted message. We need to send it loud and clear:
> WE'RE TAKING BACK THE CONSUMER RIGHTS YOU STOLE FROM US IN PASSING THE
> DMCA! Okay, I'll get off that soapbox now.