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Perens Backs Down from DMCA Violation

Posted by michael on from the talking-the-talk-and-walking-the-walk dept.

liquidsin writes "According to this article by Dan Gillmor, Bruce Perens has backed out of his plan to demonstrate how to modify a DVD player to break region coding (and openly violate the DMCA as well) due to pressure from his employer, Hewlett Packard. I wish HP had given him their blessing on this, but I guess they have to worry about shareholders first..." See our previous story for Perens' plans.

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  1. this sucks by t0rnt0pieces · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I still can't figure out how to make my aopen dvd region free!

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  2. Wtf? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where does this guy get off having a job?

    A *real* os advocate lives in his parent's basement and eats ramen noodles!