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To: antiRepublicrat

I'm obviously not making any of this up. You claim over and over you've never defended that whacko leftist Stallman and now suddenly respect copyright protection like DRM. Well how could this be, here's a post from almost 2 years ago when defended Stallman and criticized DRM copyright protection.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377815/posts?page=35#35

"It is exactly this kind of consumer control and fair use that will be hindered when DRM is embedded into the hardware. That's why it's a bad thing and why Stallman is right in concept..."


521 posted on 01/14/2007 9:26:44 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
now suddenly respect copyright protection like DRM

When did I ever say I respect DRM?

I LOVE your obvious stripping of the context. You quote me:

That's why it's a bad thing and why Stallman is right in concept..."

Here's the quote including what's behind the ellipsis you put in:

That's why it's a bad thing and why Stallman is right in concept (stripped of all the extremist hippie talk).

Wow, sounds like I think Stallman is an extremist hippie if you include the WHOLE QUOTE.

You can put my view of him further in context and include another quote where I call Stallman a bastard for wanting to control hardware with the GPL. But you wouldn't do that -- it would be too honest.

523 posted on 01/14/2007 9:37:20 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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