Christmas request

[Alan Buck]

At 11:35 AM 11/25/02, you wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:19:10AM -0800, Alan Buck wrote:
> >
> > Umm.... I don't see "right to listen to music" listed anywhere in my copy
> > of the Constitution. =)
>
>Then you have a damaged understanding of constitutional interpretation
>(better left to lawyers, anyway). To start the healing process, try
>http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16071,00.html. And
>remember, just because the Constitution doesn't specifically mention
>(/me picks random examples) Seventh Day Adventists or pump shotguns
>(neither of which were invented when the Framers did their work) doesn't
>mean that the 1st and 2nd Amendments don't apply to them.
>
>--

Eh? What does your freedom of speech have to do with Sony's content 
protections? Certainly you aren't claiming that Sony's content protection 
mechanism's infringe on your first amendment rights? I must be missing 
something here.

As for Lessig's argument, it is interesting, but not at all relevant. Your 
original post was about Sony utilizing protection methods to prevent folk 
from using their content without their permission. As it stands now, Sony 
is under no obligation to make it easy for you to copy, read, listen to, or 
otherwise utilize their content. If they want to make their content 
playable only on Window's machines, that is certainly their prerogative.

-ajb