When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
Found on Guardian on Tuesday, 23 February 2010
It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its "Special 301 watchlist" because they use open source software.
What's Special 301? It's a report that examines the "adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights" around the planet - effectively the list of countries that the US government considers enemies of capitalism.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." (Mahatma Gandhi)