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DivX;) Goes Legit
ZooB writes: "There is an article running on CNET right now about DivX and how,(and I'm sure this comes as no surprise to anyone reading this here), such a technology used so frequently for piracy can be used in a legitimate manner. The article is interesting enough, but take careful note of the comment by an MPAA representative. "We are aware of DivX and similar technologies, but it's not the technology that's the issue, it's how it is applied," said a spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, who declined to comment specifically on DivXNetworks. "Our concern is with technology that is marketed, promoted and used as a tool for piracy." His first sentence seems to fly in the face of the DMCA as the law is currently written and then, perhaps realizing what he has just said, the spokesman back pedals and contradicts his previous statement! It is nice to know that someone besides a politician can speak out of both sides of their mouth."
If Microsoft analyses the DivX product looking for IP violations... would they not have violated the DMCA?
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...It is nice to know that someone besides a politician can speak out of both sides of their mouth.
I agree, but you got the wrong orifice.
I think our beloved Content Providers should be trusted with this responsibility. Sort of an auxilliary government, charged with providing all services, information and communications we use on a daily basis. And we can trust them - I mean, the company that created Mickey Mouse, for example, couldn't do anything NOT in the public's best interest, right?
We'd have giant media conglomerates acting as sort of Philosopher Kings to a public desperate for what they have to sell. And nobody would do anything illegal, 'cause it'd be impossible.
I don't know if that ever made sense. But I burned off some steam ;)
Whoever thought it was a good idea to name a piece of software with a smiley should be strapped to a chair and forced to watch sitcoms for the rest of their life.