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UCITA Debates Trudge Onward

Posted by timothy on from the bad-ideas-are-like-razor-boomerangs dept.

prockcore writes: "CNet is running a story on a debate involving proposed changes to the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Changes include altering Opt-in/Opt-out rules, removing limits on public criticism, removing some limits on reverse engineering, among others."

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  1. Re:unfortunately Congress makes the rules by Anonym1ty · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...limits on public criticism

    This means we'll be allowed to write software reviews again! YAY!

    This was a stupid piece of legislation and it needs to be fixed. Now, lets just see how bad they screw it up even more while trying to fix it.

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  2. NCCUSL == Nitwits by r_j_prahad · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know these guys aren't the brightest bulbs in the chandelier when they booked this conference in Tucson, Arizona in the middle of the fscking summer, and smack dab in the middle of their local monsoon season to boot. Can't be anything more conducive to negotiating a delicate compromise than being locked in a room that's108 degrees, 94 percent humidity, and the power's off because of a lightning strike.

    I guess we can hope they'll all strangle each other before the week is out.

  3. Tomorrow on Slashdot... by Izanagi · · Score: 3, Funny

    UCITA Smacked by DoS

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  4. Those that forget the past... by Col.+Klink+(retired) · · Score: 3, Funny

    While we're at it, why don't we let them annex the Sudetenland. That ought to appease them enough that they'll never ask for more...

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  5. buy or license by geoff+lane · · Score: 2, Funny

    if we only license the contents of cds and dvds why do all the adverts tell us that "Now YOU can buy MiB on DVD or VHS"

    Shouldn't they really say, "Now you can buy a DVD or VHS tape containing a licenced copy of MiB"

    This is either misleading advertising or an explicit admission that you defacto own a non-excusive copy of the film?