Hi This may be off subject but I feel this DOES affect ALL of us. Has anyone read the article in the latest Linux format, as it seems that if we are forced to use Digital rights Management software, (if similar laws are introduced in the EU and potentially in the UK) then open source is at risk as there is no guarentee that people will compile this rights management software in to their kernels etc, even though for freely distributable software it's legal to just copy it. I think the SSSCA will make this compulsory but this is not yet law in the US but if it is passed as law then it will eventually affect us in the UK. As a community we need to fight this, but IMO we need to support it, in terms of protecting real copyright, films, music etc. Otherwise we will be seen as condoning piracy, but just oppose the way the industry is going about this. Perhaps point out to the groups behind this that when Linux is used for example in a beowulf cluster to examine scientific data, then using commercial software would cost taxpayers more, and could jepodise projects, not to mention without Linux films like Shrek would not be possible as Linux was used to render the graphics, because it is more stable, cheaper, and open source so it can be tailored to suit it's use, something people can't do with closed source software the same reason beowulf clusters work so well on Linux. I would be interested to start a thread on this so we can discuss how to respond, and perhaps lobby people like sony (who incedently have released a Linux add on for the PS/2), disney, (Linux helps them render films etc). Paul