Comments on: Lobbying for Lockin, Courtesy of a Monopoly Abuser and Its New Partners http://techrights.org/2007/06/08/opendocument-interception/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyrus Mack http://techrights.org/2007/06/08/opendocument-interception/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Cyrus Mack Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:33:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/08/opendocument-interception/#comment-960 Hi there! I'm happy to see that video making the rounds! It was too good not to put up on YouTube. I managed to save that hearing video, process it with some great free tools, and chop it up into bite-size chunks for YouTube :) It's nice to see that it's making the rounds. The only other comment I would add here is that most of the media covering this issue, as well as the politicians (and this unfortunately includes those who support the bill) miss the larger issue: information issue. Forget all the tit-for-tat between huge IT stalwarts like Microsoft, IBM and Sun. This is a rights issue, pure and simple. We have the right to access information, and no government should be in the business of erecting artificial barriers to *our* information. That's the sort of thinking that fuels the digital divide, and because we're talking about governments here, you have legislators around the world actively participating in the disenfranchisement of millions. This is a travesty, and we must work for nothing less than legal protection of our information rights. Anyway, that's why I put together bytesfree.org. -Cyrus Hi there!

I’m happy to see that video making the rounds! It was too good not to put up on YouTube. I managed to save that hearing video, process it with some great free tools, and chop it up into bite-size chunks for YouTube :)

It’s nice to see that it’s making the rounds. The only other comment I would add here is that most of the media covering this issue, as well as the politicians (and this unfortunately includes those who support the bill) miss the larger issue: information issue. Forget all the tit-for-tat between huge IT stalwarts like Microsoft, IBM and Sun. This is a rights issue, pure and simple. We have the right to access information, and no government should be in the business of erecting artificial barriers to *our* information. That’s the sort of thinking that fuels the digital divide, and because we’re talking about governments here, you have legislators around the world actively participating in the disenfranchisement of millions. This is a travesty, and we must work for nothing less than legal protection of our information rights.

Anyway, that’s why I put together bytesfree.org.

-Cyrus

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