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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. And please note .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    .. that the majority of that gang are Democrats. Most geek types vote Republican or Libertarian anyway, but if any of the rest of you wanted proof that voting for leftists is a bad idea, here you go.

    1. Re:And please note .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      .. that the majority of that gang are Democrats. Most geek types vote Republican or Libertarian anyway, but if any of the rest of you wanted proof that voting for leftists is a bad idea, here you go.

      This is a load of nonsense.

      First of all, calling American Democrats "leftists" is ridiculous and demonstrates a real lack of perspective on your part. Second, please demonstrate that "most" (or even "many") geek types vote Republican. Libertarian I could see, but I don't see the geek bloc supporting the hardline social causes of the Republican right. Third, we're talking about government intervening in favor of big business and corporations. If you honestly think that the Democrats are worse than the Republicans in this respect, you are on crack.

  2. Back door? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slash dot is your back door man! Pack it in the ass! HOOT HOOT!

  3. Re:It's not what you think. by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 2, Troll

    The article gives the example of a garage band wanting to distribute their music via MP3 and having to fake a watermark to make it playable on certain MP3 players.

    And I see no reason to believe that that example is correct. The purpose of a watermark is to "verify that a phonorecord, a copy of a computer program, a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or documentation or packaging is not counterfeit or otherwise infringing of any copyright." If the copy is not counterfeit or otherwise infringing of any copyright, as in, you own the copyright, then the watermark is genuine, and you havne't broken the law.

    Just more FUD from zdnet.