[KLUG Members] DRM in every Samsung machine

[Adam Williams]

> > Some actions that will have an effect are to vote with our wallets
> > (don't support the companies that are eager to rush to the new
> > regime) and to speak out whenever -- as they soon will be --
> > machines that don't do DRM are characterized as "pirate" computers,
> > "hacker" computers, "virus-spreader" computers, etc.
> Good advice.
> I assume that you don't believe it's likely that, given a couple weeks,
> someone is going to hack these DRM BIOS's and get Linux running on them
> anyway?  What are the odds of that happening (in your opinion)?

The real problem arises if altering the BIOS to run Linux is *illegal*.