The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published an “Endangered Gizmos List” that shows the status of various products that are extinct, endangered, or saved. The nemesis of this technology is the entertainment industry – which seems to try to stiffle all sorts of innovation that they think not be in their best interests.

The classic example is the Sony Betamax – that they tried to kill. Turns out that the device they were afraid of has actually made a lot of money for the industry.

As the EFF puts it, “This is bad news for innovation and free competition, but it also threatens a wide range of activities…” that people should be able to do.

As a Canadian, it seems truly odd that there is such a strong push to ban consumer products just because they could possibly be used to reduce an industry’s revenue – in a country where one can buy guns and ammunition (along with a 6-pack) at the local store.

Read the list