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Chained Melodies

Posted by michael on from the music-is-born-free-and-everywhere-it-is-in-chains dept.

NoData writes: "Salon is running an elegant article that covers the current state of the copy protection and circumvention debate. The article touches on the DMCA and the SSSCA, with input from Touretzky, Lessig, and others. It offers a dystopic vision of a future where geeks battle increasingly complex copy protection schemes until ultimately, any consumer control over media is outlawed outright. Refreshingly, the article is not a "Salon Premium" feature."

3 of 309 comments (clear)

  1. Nightmare Ad Scenario! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Pop ups, ads etc.
    Instead, check out:

    http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/13/cop y_ protection/print.html

  2. Dreadfully Scary Stuff by Wire+Tap · · Score: 5, Informative
    Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, D-S.C., threatened to launch another bill -- the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA) -- that will mandate the inclusion of copy-protection technology in all digital devices.

    For more information on this terrible proposal, check out:

    http://216.110.42.179/docs/hollings.090701.html


    And if you want to fight it, check out:

    http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_ale rt .html

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    Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

  3. Re:you bad evil hackers by RAVasquez · · Score: 2, Informative

    Credit where credit is due:
    http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0004/propag anda/i ndex.cfm

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