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Hehe, checkout the revolt
Hehe, checkout the revolt
happening at www.digg.com. front page is filled with stories of a leaked hd-dvd key
Every cloud has a silver lining, except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Strontium 90.
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yea i read that on slashdot, funny thing is that it looks like some of the comments have been removed.
looks like alot of people like rebellion. I know i do, im getting a t-shirt.
http://09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63.com/
looks like alot of people like rebellion. I know i do, im getting a t-shirt.
http://09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63.com/
Here is an Ars Technia story of it all
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- DeanLinkous
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illegal to have fair use of something you purchased - not in my book
I paid to watch the content on a DVD and by golly how I do that is not open for negotiation - it is my fair use!
I paid to watch the content on a DVD and by golly how I do that is not open for negotiation - it is my fair use!
Aye, fight and you may fail, sellout, and you may live, a while. And dying in your MScash beds, you'll be willin' to trade ALL the cash, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may FUD our customers, but they'll never take...OUR FREEDOM!
The courts in the US have ruled, circumventing copycontrol measures is illegal under the DMCA.DeanLinkous wrote:illegal to have fair use of something you purchased - not in my book
I paid to watch the content on a DVD and by golly how I do that is not open for negotiation - it is my fair use!
Universal v. Reimerdes
It is a great country isn't it
Here the government/ courts actually are starting to get the drift. It's decided in the supreme court that circumventing any kind of protection in order to play the media on a device is perfectly legal as long as current copyright laws is observed. Here, if you buy it you own it and can do what ever you want with it.
It was Norway that started to lean on Apple and their iPod 'lockin'. Actually they just demanded that they changed their license if they wanted to continue to market iTunes in Norway but it ended in Apple removing all DRM.
Tina
It was Norway that started to lean on Apple and their iPod 'lockin'. Actually they just demanded that they changed their license if they wanted to continue to market iTunes in Norway but it ended in Apple removing all DRM.
Tina
- DeanLinkous
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Circumventing copy control measures if you do not have authorized access to the work is illegal. The DMCA deals with unauthorized access to a work. I hold that a legally purchased DVD would mean you have authorized access or else how would I watch the DVD in the first place? So IMO I have authorized access to the content and therefore I hold that my usage is not illegal in any form.Vergil wrote: The courts in the US have ruled, circumventing copycontrol measures is illegal under the DMCA.
oh and copyright/fair use was around long before DMCA
But if these companies do not want me to use their product then I am often happy to find something else to do with my money.
Aye, fight and you may fail, sellout, and you may live, a while. And dying in your MScash beds, you'll be willin' to trade ALL the cash, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may FUD our customers, but they'll never take...OUR FREEDOM!
++DeanLinkous wrote: But if these companies do not want me to use their product then I am often happy to find something else to do with my money.
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I agree with you, fair use should cover it, unfortunately the RIAA and MPAA do not share this view. Their lobbyists also do a great job of convincing the entrenched politicians to support their view of the matter, hence it is/will be illegal in the United States.DeanLinkous wrote:...I hold that a legally purchased DVD would mean you have authorized access or else how would I watch the DVD in the first place? So IMO I have authorized access to the content and therefore I hold that my usage is not illegal in any form.
Why do you think RMS doesn't watch DVDs?
It sure does not. Why do you think it is illegal for me to copy a DVD I own using DeCSS to decript it? Any circumvention without permission of the copyright holder, except when authorized by the Librarian of Congress, is illegal.DeanLinkous wrote:The DMCA deals with unauthorized access to a work.
The DMCA is expansive in its power. Circumvention is only protected under a exemption granted by the Librarian. No where in the current exemptions are fair use for DVD.Ҥ 1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems
“(a) Violations Regarding Circumvention of Technological Measures.—(1)(A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
“(B) The prohibition contained in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to persons who are users of a copyrighted work which is in a particular class of works, if such persons are adversely affected by virtue of such prohibition in their ability to make noninfringing uses of that particular class of works under this title, as determined under subparagraph (C).......
“(D) The Librarian shall publish any class of copyrighted works for which the Librarian has determined, pursuant to the rulemaking conducted under subparagraph (C), that noninfringing uses by persons who are users of a copyrighted work are, or are likely to be, adversely affected, and the prohibition contained in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to such users with respect to such class of works for the ensuing 3-year period.
I don't agree with the DMCA (hell no!), however, it is currently the law.DeanLinkous wrote:oh and copyright/fair use was around long before DMCA
I agree 100%. I haven't purchased nor downloaded a RIAA record in years.DeanLinkous wrote:But if these companies do not want me to use their product then I am often happy to find something else to do with my money.
From an academic point of view this discovery is an impressive achievement if it is true.
However, all of this seems like a lot of hype to me, really. I believe it is essentially impossible to provide content on media that people are able to play back but unable to copy. The reason for this thinking is that technology continually becomes more advanced and more powerful. In other words, whatever copy protection scheme is used will eventually become old and trivial to defeat.
However, all of this seems like a lot of hype to me, really. I believe it is essentially impossible to provide content on media that people are able to play back but unable to copy. The reason for this thinking is that technology continually becomes more advanced and more powerful. In other words, whatever copy protection scheme is used will eventually become old and trivial to defeat.
The DDs on Planet Debian are totally berzerko about that number. However Matthew Garrett, May 3 remains unimpressed.Check out this ITP
Debian-Lenny/Sid 32/64
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Laptop: Generic Intel SIS/AC97
I think that ITP was filed as a joke...
But the current 'revolt' that's taking place all over the net these days is not really about cracking HD-DVDs but more about sticking it to the industry. "We got you this time and we'll get you again". If it hadn't been for the takedown requests I think the entire thing would have died a fairly quick death. After all, the entire idea behind keys is that they can be changed. But for now: "All your base are belong to us!"
Tina
But the current 'revolt' that's taking place all over the net these days is not really about cracking HD-DVDs but more about sticking it to the industry. "We got you this time and we'll get you again". If it hadn't been for the takedown requests I think the entire thing would have died a fairly quick death. After all, the entire idea behind keys is that they can be changed. But for now: "All your base are belong to us!"
Tina