[X4U] Napster purchased songs cannot be converted to AAC for use on iPod

[Ronald Steinke]

On 23 June, 2006, at 10:13:13, Eugene wrote:

> The problem is that big business lobbies the government far more
> effectively than average consumers.  Of course the only true way
> to kill DRM is to launch a holy crusade against the source.


Now you're going to get us all in trouble. The Office Of Homeland  
Defense will flag all our email correspondence and keep a tap on our  
phone and computer lines and everything else that they can do to  
press us under their thumb until we surrender every right the  
constitution guarantees us.

The OHD is, in my experienced knowledge, the first active step to a  
dictatorship in America. All previous steps such as requiring babies  
to have a number before they can leave the hospital, having health  
and scholastic records linked to that number, etc, were clandestine  
in form. I recently learned, to my surprise, that OHD is requiring  
photo identification to board an airplane and that the ticket  
holder's SSAN is being recorded on the ticket.

What is next? A tattoo on our arms that shows we have been "cleared"  
by the OHD? How about permits to travel across a state line? Is there  
a knock on the door in the middle of the night in store for us  
because we do not want to lose our freedoms and we are vocal about it?

Scary thoughts from the land of the free!