Hollywood finally killed the goose that layed the golden egg

Or so says a patent lawyer friend of mine, referring to Tech firms fight copy-protection bill. This story reports that “A coalition of companies including Apple Computer, Microsoft, Dell Computer, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Intel said Thursday that they had joined together to oppose legislation backed by the movie studios that would allow the U.S. government to set antipiracy standards for PCs and consumer-electronics devices.” Good for them!