] I'm starting to wonder if were aren't watching something
] like the same strategy again. In other words, it's
] possible Cheney and company are actually bluffing. This
] time, instead of trying to terrify the Soviets into
] collapse, the objective is even grander. If I'm right
] about this, they have two goals. Neither involves actual
] war, any more than the MX missile did.

The thought had occurred...

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] BERKELEY, Calif.--Attempts to protect copyrighted
] material have strayed from their original purpose, say
] lawyers, technologists and academics, but few can agree
] on the solution.
]
] Speaking Friday at a University of California at Berkeley
] conference on the law and policy of digital rights
] management, experts from all circles seem to agree that
] more is going wrong than right with the current approach
] to protecting digital content. Moreover, they argue that
] current laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
] (DMCA)--which makes cracking copyright protections
] illegal, even when otherwise acceptable under other
] laws--are serving the extremes, not the mainstream
] populace.

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