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Bruce Perens Plans On-Stage DMCA Violation

Posted by timothy on from the performance-art dept.

cyber_rigger writes: "From this article at infoworld Bruce Perens said he plans to break the DMCA during a presentation on digital rights management (DRM) Friday afternoon at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego. Technically, under the DMCA, Perens' explanation of the technology makes him liable for a fine of US$500,000. You have to admire his spirit."

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  1. Slashdot flaw: Funny > interesting/insightful by Pooh22 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't help but notice that in this particular topic Funny seems to be the more popular rating...

    Either the current set of moderators is on pills or worse, or the system is so flawed that a Funny:5 outweighs an Interesting:5 or Insightful:5 (or Informative:5).

    I would suggest that a topic with an informative (or other serious positive attribute) rated comment should be placed above a similarly rated Funny rating. (Sorry for the spurious use of Rate* ;-)

    To me this is a topic devoid of any Fun. The mere fact that there are so many comments rated as funny suggests that posters/moderators are trying to reduce the seriousness of this topic.

    Or is Slashdot secretly manipulated by DMCA supporters trying to limit the damage to their reputation ;-)

    Oh well, paranoia can only go so far...

    Simon