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Sneaking DRM Amendments Through the Back Door

Posted by timothy on from the slime-blends-in-with-slime dept.

SiChemist writes: "Senator Joseph Biden has revised the 'Anticounterfeiting Amendments of 2002' to make it a felony to bypass certain DRM technologies. The bill has very broad senate support and is expected to pass overwhelmingly. Call your congresscritter! ZDNET story is here."

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  1. Seinfeld by bcrowell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Biden said, "Every episode of "Seinfeld" is now available to download free to anyone with access to the Internet."
    ...and to anyone with a TV antenna.

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  2. Alternate title: by indole · · Score: 5, Funny


    Forcing Digital Rights Management Up Your Backdoor

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  3. I have a little more faith now... by h4mmer5tein · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....thanks to Sony.
    And thanks to kuiken for the leads...

  4. 15 Minutes by borgasm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quoting from a report in Biden's website:

    ...an individual can download a full-length feature movie in less than 15 minutes....

    I'd really like to know where to get that kind of bandwidth, and how much it would be per month.

    700MB / 15 min = 46.67MB / min = 777k/sec

    Please God...hook me up to that pipe.