Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:51:05 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1022010666.9f0010@mired.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <15588.3497.722035.755335@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020516213942.A92810@lpt.ens.fr> References: <15586.61471.456290.764885@guru.mired.org> <20020515211922.J1282@darkstar.gte.net> <3CE34A8B.7D999E2C@mindspring.com> <20020516091031.A2259@daemon.tisys.org> <15587.56669.382241.766052@guru.mired.org> <20020516192546.B8944@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516193049.G79514@lpt.ens.fr> <15587.65524.899611.798267@guru.mired.org> <20020516210154.L79514@lpt.ens.fr> <15588.2033.334082.580672@guru.mired.org> <20020516213942.A92810@lpt.ens.fr>
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In <20020516213942.A92810@lpt.ens.fr>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> typed: > Mike Meyer said on May 16, 2002 at 14:26:41: > From > http://www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf (page 3-4) > > Section 1201 divides technological measures into two categories: > measures that prevent unauthorized *access* to a copyrighted work and > measures that prevent unauthorized *copying* of a copyrighted work. > Making or selling devices or services that are used to circumvent > either category of technological measure is prohibited in certain > circumstances, described below. As to the act of circumvention in > itself, the provision prohibits circumventing the first of the > technological measures, but not the second. > > Goes on to say that "fair use" may sometimes require unauthorized > copying but never unauthorized access. Both DeCSS and Elcomsoft were > about access. Interesting. I missed that last bit about the act the first time I read it. Note that this doesn't cover *owning* any of the devices, just using them to "access" a DVD. If this is the part used in the DeCSS and Elcomsoft cases, then it's the distribution. So you're right that you can't legally play a DVD using FreeBSD. However, you can make a copy to another DVD legally, and then play *that*. To strange. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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