[Travis McGee]

I don't think these gimmicks will be any more than tiny speed bumps for file sharers.

[Poohbah]

True enough.

There's a balance somewhere in here between the legitimate interest of copyright holders in profiting from said copyright, and consumers engaged in "fair use" copying. The problem is that no one seems to be anywhere NEAR that balance.

[Squantos]

Yeah, agree.......Hollings could'nt turn on an intern much less a puter. I have taken to building my own of late after future snake eater convinced me it was the ticket to get what ya want...... Got carried away after I built small 1 gig system. Gave that one to my favorite lady (Mom :o) and have since built one for my flight sim's and one for surfing/storage of music..........now trying to convince myself to spend more for cable modem vs my current 56K dialup.... if I get a faster connection I'll be a collecting some digital tunes fer sure .

Stay Safe !