Brutkey

Ethan Black
@golemwire@fosstodon.org

There's a misconception people have, that computers themselves can be restricted to not be able to e.g. copy a movie, but the thing is, such restrictions misunderstand how computers work.

Computers are, fundamentally, programmable by us. Copyright law attempts to force us to only be able to run code written by the companies that create our devices, and be unable to run our own code.

Ethan Black
@golemwire@fosstodon.org

Anti-​#piracy law cannot work without making it illegal to write and run your own non-vetted software on your own computers.

So, basically, I'm worried that the government will make computer programming as we know it today, illegal. I don't want to lose what I love as a #computer #programmer, and frankly, humanity can't afford computers being under the control of the few at the expense of the many.