NYT picks up an AP wire about the hated Broadcast Flag proposal, including a nice sound-bite from me.
But critics argue the flag is the latest attempt to wrest control from consumers, stifle innovation, create inconvenience, turn tinkerers into criminals and raise prices — all for a technology that won't stop piracy anyway.
"This has to do with controlling the customary, expected uses of law-abiding consumers in their homes," said Cory Doctorow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "When they say `This keeps honest people honest,' they mean `This keeps honest people in chains."'
(Thanks, jeffreyp!)
