the EFF's Fred von Lohmann puts in print what we all know to be true about Big Content's copy protectionism. Hollywood's dorm-room-piracy-as-Reds-under-the-bed scare tactics ("are you now, or have you ever been, sharing files on Gnutella?") has nothing to do with the clear and present danger of file sharing, and everything to do with protecting an obsolete business model through freedom-eroding legislation.
Why is a content protection system necessary for digital over-the-air television?Hollywood representatives have, from the beginning, given one answer: a protection system is needed to prevent "Internet piracy," or even "Napster-ization."
There's one problem with this rationale: it's not true.
(via Consensus at Lawyerpoint)
