Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 14:26:05 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1015446010.a814ee@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSSCA (Was: DVD+RW) Message-ID: <3C7FE3DD.B06CE8F6@centtech.com> References: <3C7F80DC.B63138D8@centtech.com> <20020301172757.GA421@raggedclown.net> <15487.48787.947758.22079@guru.mired.org> <3C7FD708.3DE9B7AD@centtech.com> <15487.57977.914606.803767@guru.mired.org>
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I would guess that keeping prices reasonable would keep most people from copying it. I mean really, if a CD was $3, you probably would buy more of them, and pirate less.. Maybe these companies should invest in companies who make blank media? Eric Mike Meyer wrote: > > Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> types: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > That worm is already turning. Take a look at SSSCA, which exists > > > because the DMCA isn't sufficient. If that becomes law, it could be > > > illegal to buy a Windows PC and install FreeBSD on it. It might also > > > be illegal to buy a PC without a pre-installed OS on it. > > EEK! that sounds horrible.. I can't imagine that going anywhere tho. > > Well, I couldn't imagine DMCA going anywhere, either. But this comes > from the same people who gave us the DMCA, with the same gigabuck > funds, and basically gives it more teeth. If you haven't read it, it > makes it illegal to sell any device that can display, store or copy > digital content that doesn't include some kind of copyright protection > scheme (*); to modify such a device so as to defeat said scheme; to > tell someone how to make such modificiations; or to do research on > copy protection schemes in general. > > *) It's not retroactive; any device manufactured before some date that > is later than the signing can be legally sold whether or not it has > such a copyright protection scheme > > I've heard it claimed that this is the *minimum* needed to prevent the > wholesale theft of any digital content. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is probably not for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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