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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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    Karma: Excellent (In Soviet Russia, karma pimps YOU)
  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!

  3. THIS IS BORING. LET'S TALK ABOUT POOP INSTEAD. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


  4. Re:THIS IS BORING. LET'S TALK ABOUT POOP INSTEAD. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't Eat Corn!

  5. Slashcode.com has banned the anonymous coward! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since the lameness filter didn't work, the Andover Faggotry Cabal has disabled AC posting at slashcode.com, as well as remove the offending posts ( although the article's links show the old number of posts, nice code guys ). This is the only lameness filter the can get to work. It will happen here.

    Still want to run Slashcode?