[Rodney King]

I think the point that you are missing is that we are not talkinging about Microsoft and Intel deciding to put this stuff in their computers. We are talking about the Government dictating to everyone how they must build their computers.

The main effect that it is going to have is immediately raise the price of computers due both to the cost of the chip, and also due to the elimination of a lot of low end competition that can't compete when the barriers to entry are made higher.

[discostu]

There's a couple of layers of complaint to it. Nobody's happy with the companies doing it, but companies can be delt with through normal market means. If the government comes down on it that's really ugly. I'm ziggy with all of that. I also know that the way Washington works the people who's position consists entirely of the other side being wrong (even if they are correct in that assessment) lose.

If you want to win you have to accept that there is a root problem (which in this case isn't tough, massive bootlegging is not only illegal but also immoral) and come up with a better solution than the other guys. Because once the Beltway gets it in their pointy little heads to "do something" about a problem they will do something, and if the only option on the table is unconstitutional and stupid they'll still do it. If you want that option not to be done you need to put a better one on the table.