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Anti-anti-cd-copying Legislation?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-many-antis-in-a-rolo-pop dept.

RedCard writes "Wired has an article up about congressman Rick Boucher wanting to introduce legislation to prevent or regulate anti-copying/ripping technology being introduced on CDs."

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  1. Oh no! Another H2G2 reader! by Bollie · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of the Thumb in the Hitch-Hiker books by Douglas Adams.

    If only we could get half of the galaxy's lawyers working on the circumvention of copy-protection laws and the other half on circumventing the circumvention laws, they could leave us in peace to actually code some stuff that might be worth circumventing!

    Sorry. I was just venting...

  2. funny... sort of... by the_mind_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    A fox trot strip on the subject...

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  3. Re:Support Boucher by Telastyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if the congressman has a Paypal/Amazon donation system.... *goes to look* not yet!

  4. Re:Hubris -- The Illiad (Homer, not userfriendly.o by eudas · · Score: 2, Funny

    he's probably just read it for his classical civ class, so it's on his mind... :P

    eudas

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  5. We can beat that! by fred911 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you've got an Anti-anti-cd-copying law?

    We've got an anti-Anti-anti-cd-copying law

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  6. Re:Copyprotected discs are not CDs by Dephex+Twin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Things can change. Definition of what's a CD can change.

    Music industry exec: "Yes, you see, all along it turns out that 'CD' stood for 'Copyprotected Disc'."

    They are sneaky!

    mark
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  7. Re:Not sure that's true by MartinG · · Score: 4, Funny

    Very correct.

    is "very correct" more right than just "correct" ? This one always makes me laugh. I think you need a patch:

    --- english.h Thu Mar 7 17:02:19 2002
    +++ english_fixed.h Thu Mar 7 17:02:28 2002
    @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
    - unsigned int correct;
    + boolean correct;

    That should fix it.

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