In early versions of Apple’s Macintosh Operating System, the bozo bit was one of the flags in the Finder Information Record, which described various file attributes. When the bit was set, the file could not be copied. It was called the bozo bit because it was copy protection so weak that only a bozo would think of it, and only a bozo would be deterred by it.
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“Here’s the thing that all of these have in common. They try to do something that is artificial with the web. You can’t be half way open. Content owners can’t set the bozo bit on us. We want to pay for content. Please make it easier.
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