Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:52:24 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSSCA? Message-ID: <20011010185224.A83192@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011010104701.04264050@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 10:49:02AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110100931360.45215-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011010101446.053c3560@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10110100931360.45215-100000@moo.sysabend.org> <20011010184600.A82552@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20011010104701.04264050@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on Oct 10, 2001 at 10:49:02: > At 10:46 AM 10/10/2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > >Well yes I guess that's true. But what's to stop them watering it > >down so that only computers and operating systems need comply, with > >some suitable definition of "computer" and "operating system"? > > Because it would miss many of the RIAA's targets. Remember, they want > to outlaw portable MP3 players such as the Rio, as well as CD copiers > such as the Philips model that lets you create "mix" CDs. That's what they say. The only thing they're really after is music swapping over the internet. As of now, you need a computer to do that; perhaps they'll say "internet-enabled device" or something like that instead of "computer" in their watered-down SSSCA. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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