About a year ago, I was the benefactor for the $200,000 Linux on Xbox project. The goal was to get Linux running on an Xbox without hardware changes. To me it was money well spent because it raised awareness of the biggest threat to personal ownership in the digital age — DRM.
Apple has already changed the rules of iTunes after the fact multiple times: removing the ability to stream from home and office on different networks, tightening CD burning restrictions, clamping down on simultaneous streams, blocking interoperability with Real Networks music. They can continue to do this whenever it suits them, and you have no choice but to accept it.
I want to own my property. I want the liberty to decide what software I use. If a corporation controls my PC, my software, or how I use my digital property, then I really don't own it. I will continue to champion choice for consumers so each of us truly can own and control our property.
--MR
