The Digital Rights War

	This article once again attempts to answer the question of how much freedom do we have
to reproduce information from the internet.  Yes, the internet has a vast amount of information
which is free to view but that it can not be reproduced and sold for a profit.  No one 
is challenging the right to reproduce any amount of information for profit the real question is:
How much information can it be view for free?  One of the examples in the articles states how 
CD's could be made so that they will not play after a fixed amount of times.  
	One of the problems is that it is very difficult to control the software on the market
that would limit the usage of specific CD's.  When the internet first was created it was suppose 
to be free to everyone but as we all know someone has to make profit and in this case the 
winner was Microsoft Inc.  The internet has been evolving much faster than many had predicted and
currently their is so much informatin on it that it is overwhelming.  Currently companies have
been using the internet for promotional usage and to sell their products.  
	Only a hand full of companies charge a fee to anyone who wishes to view their product or
use their services.   That is changing very quickly: companies have realized that they have 
the public hooked on their Monitors and that now it is time to take advantage and make a profit
which is no different than television commercials.  The federal government has not come to 
an agreement whether to keep all the information on the internet free but what it is not too 
difficult to speculate is that it is only a matter of time.   
	Businesses by the nature of their idealogies can not and will not provide services or
borrow their product without a profit.  They too must make a profit if they plan to stay in 
business and compete on the market.  The article makes numerous reference to the copyrights
of books, tapes, CD's, etc. which in my opinion are no different than information provided 
on the internet.  Once again the decision is not difficult and we should not be surprised 
because 
it is only a matter of time before we are charged if we wish to view certain webpages on the 
internet.