dan bricklin writes quite eloquently about how copy protection robs the future, a variation on the theme of data being lost due to it being stored on obsolete media formats (like magnetic tape). but if the entertainment industry has its way, this will be the law, thanks to senator fritz hollings, bought and paid for by news corp., aoltimewarner, disney, and cbs. (and, of course, microsoft will be laughing all the way around the monopoly board.)