Hardware Copy Protection Battles

substatica writes: "Law.com is running this article on the content industry working to convince congress that not introducing hardware copyright protection ( as well as copy protection built into OS, Software, Web Browsers and Routers ) would eventually lead to the "industry's destruction", as put by Michael Eisner. We've been able to copy VHS for over a decade and they're still making movies. Does anyone really think that the movie industry will be eradicated due to copyright infringment?" Consideration of the SSSCA has been put off a few months, but it will be back. The Register covers one part of the split between content and hardware with this story about Philips getting more uppity about their Compact Disc logo, a follow-up to this story. The Reuters article that the Register refers to is here.

Comments

Calculus

[Anonymous Coward]

Once again, I must admit to being in love with integration.

Re:Calculus

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously, the first post is mine. It was my 104th first post. Wire Tap is the name, first posting is the game. I conserve my karma now, though, as the Slashdot editors are obviously against free speech now. What hypocrits.

Calculus posts, Katy posts, and Lum posts! All from me! :)

Re:Good old Walt

[Rude Turnip]

I don't know. Let's thaw him out and ask.

My dick is hardware.

[Anonymous Coward]

damn it's already been copied. I can't fathom the idea of butt ugly women and dykes ordering my penis replica and using it with their friends in an orgy fuckfest.

Oh wait, I like that VERRY MUCH! You go girls! W00t!

important news for /. readers (REALLY!)

[xX_sticky_Xx]

2002-01-18 21:50:48 Xbox emulator trojan confirmed (articles,security) (rejected)

Well...I tried to submit this as a story but it was rejected within 10 minutes. It seems that the Xbox "emulator" featured on Slashdot a few days back contains a trojan (though it must be said that it is relatively harmless).

The trojan in question is called Badcon and causes unpatched Win9x boxes to crash to the point of requiring a restart. Info and removal instructions can be found here

Well...so much for my karma.

-1 Offtopic

Re:Argh!!

[Anonymous Coward]

You're making my nipples hard, Clark. Just thought you'd like to know.

Re:Let me get this straight...

[Anonymous Coward]

Huzzah!

The return of a classic. I've really missed this one during its absence.

Re:Funny, I just got a letter from my Senator

[Anonymous Coward]

You're making my nipples hard, Clark. Just thought you'd like to know..

Re:Do they promis..

[Anonymous Coward]

You're making my nipples hard, Clark. Just thought you'd like to know.

Right...did you peer into his crystal testicles?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or did he wank at you with extreme prejudice?

The added experience of the movie theatre

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, there is that.

The stale popcorn covered with a gooey amber liquid related somehow to Johnson's baby shampoo.

The ticket-taking twit who directs you to the wrong theatre #4 where you wait for a half hour before finding out that the film you paid for started 16 minutes ago in #6.

Goobers. $4 a box. Can't beat that!

What is that stuff on the floor?

Give your lungs exercise yelling "Focus!" at the blurry screen.

Re:The added experience of the movie theatre

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't forget the f***ing bitch behind you who takes a call and talks LOUDLY on her cell phone during an important scene in Lord of the Rings. Yes I'm still pissed about it 2 weeks later!!

Re:Let me get this straight...

[Anonymous Coward]

I've missed this troll. I've always wondered what this would look like a year from now...

Re:Argh!!

[Anonymous Coward]

You're stupid

Re:Good point

[ncc74656]

Microsoft, bad as it is, is no where as restrictive and closed as Apple is.

Hmm...who was it who used to publish manuals for its products that included schematics and assembler output (source and object, side by side) for its products? Who is it that has made a sizable chunk of its latest OS open source? It certainly isn't these guys.