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Does This Article Violate the DMCA?

Posted by michael on from the address-for-C&D-letters-at-bottom-of-screen dept.

An anonymous but adulatory reader sent in: "Grant Gross wrote a truly sterling editorial on NewsForge about the Felten SDMI-crack paper and how the RIAA's attempt to suppress it uses the DMCA in a most unhealthy way. Jim Tyre, one of Prof. Felten's attorneys, read this article and said, simply, 'Grant rocks.'"

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  1. yep by Mark_Hopkins · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cool

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hmmm, no one is awake right now...

    1. Re:fp by Omnifarious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I am, and I don't think you got fp. The new comment numbers make determining this much harder. *grin* I like that.

      --
      Need a Python, C++, Unix, Linux develop
  3. Kill the RIAA... DIY NOW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    take a stand! Kill the RIAA... download limewire now! Put these money hungry weasels to death! http://www.insound.com/machine/guide.cfm

  4. This really isn't right.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The new slashcode makes it hard to get the post before all others.

  5. Test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Etc Blah Blah

  6. Re:Another "Rights Online" case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Of course it got ignored...the story wasn't submitted by one of Rob's eligible cronies.

    SlashDot is sucking more than ever.

  7. Re:Page with lots of information about DMCA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All hail the return of the goatse.cx link! Banjo, smanjo.

  8. Re:Another "Rights Online" case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Well, this will likely be moderated as ``off topic'', but...

    These days, it appears that any post which says anything besides simply agreeing with the opinions in the writeup automatically gets modded down as "Offtopic". That's the /. editors at work. That's not just a guess, it's supported by some pretty good evidence:

    Remember that time period a while back when moderation wasn't working? No users ever got mod points. But strangely, moderation still kept happening. You see, the /. editors still went about their business, modding posts as they saw fit (editors have unlimited mod points naturally; get the slashcode and see for yourself). The thing is, all the moderation that was done during that time was excessively negative. Very few, if any, comments ever made it to 3, and practically none made it to 4 or 5. On the other hand, lots and lots of comments got modded to "-1, Offtopic". People were starting to ask "What's going on?", but the only response was for them to get modded down as "Offtopic" as well!

    Then it was revealed: no users were getting mod points. The problem was corrected, but that short window gave everyone a good look at just how the /. editors (ab)use their moderation system. The FAQ and other info on the site imply that discussions are moderated by the users, but we now know that the editors get into the act too, and the vast majority of their moderations are negative (mostly "Offtopic").

    Now watch as this post gets modded down, too. No editor will ever respond, they'll just mod me down. In fact, it's extremely rare for the editors to actually participate in the discussions these days in any capacity -- save for making snide remarks about the users in the story writeups occasionally (a story a few months ago about MS's website being down is a good example, Taco chided everyone for submitting the story over and over, and asked if "you people" ever even visited the MS website).