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["J. Grant" <jg AT jguk.org>]

Hello,

> You may think that's OK for pop stars. But forget about them for a moment.
> Think about your kids. After they get bored downloading all the music they
> can find, they're going to discover the power - practically bundled into the
> machine if it's a Mac - to remix the culture they've collected. They could
> add a bass track to a violin concerto. They could make a home movie and sync
> Tom Petty to the images. They could splice together a politician's speeches
> to prove she's a waffler. These activities will become second nature to the
> iGeneration and could well represent the next great digital revolution -
> exploding demand for machines, bandwidth, and software.

While this remixing is great, it is unfortunate that if it is at the
expense of liberty on the computer.  The Apple Mac computer's Operating
System is primarily proprietary software.  Their Film editing software
is 100% proprietary, in my view anyone who uses that software is being
counter-productive.  Remixing culture can be done just as well without being
at the expense of software freedoms.  It would be great to have a "positive,
positive" situation, rather than a "negative, positive", effectively taking
us back to square one.

If people would like to know more about open equivalents which come with
all the freedom to "remix" the software as well as the content, check
out GNU/Linux or BSD Operating Systems.  For instance: SVG and XHTML are 
great
for web presentations; MPlayer is great for video and audio media work

Kind regards,
JG

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