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Adam Bresson Demonstrates Fair Use at DefCon

Posted by timothy on from the shameful-that-this-should-be-remarkable dept.

nigelc writes: "Adam Bresson showed how to make copies of copyright-protected videos in a speech at DefCon. To quote the article, 'I hope he's got a lawyer and that they talked to somebody'" From the article, it sounds like Bresson simply used a video conversion box to defeat MacroVision -- something my notorious criminal father has been doing for years.

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  1. In other news... by abusimple · · Score: 1, Funny

    It was recently determined that Adam Bressen's lawyer is, in fact, timothy's father...

  2. Suprise!!! by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 3, Funny
    What?? The movie industry did not crumble? The US economy didn't completely collapse? The sky didn't fall? No darkness?

    So, the MPAA lied about all these things happening if all copys were outlawed and anyone making a copy were not immediately jailed?

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  3. The tools we use... by daemones · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and we should make sure that all of the copy machines in the MPIAA officies are removed. They're obviously there for copying books anyway; if they want to do that they should have to do it by hand!
    (and then we go after the pens)

    We really do need a nuclear war to put all this in perspective.

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  4. *** Breaking News *** by metacosm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today, the father of Timothy of Slashdot fame was arrested when his son finally turned on him with a bold and public statement about his fathers criminal past and present.

    Supportors of the DMCA where quoted as saying "We are very happy a public supporter of the DMCA has finally come forward from the slashdot crew movement"

    :)

    1. Re:*** Breaking News *** by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 5, Funny
      ((((when his son finally turned on him with a bold and public statement about his fathers criminal past and present.))))

      Hey, shouldn't that be: .. a bold and italic statement .. ?

      yuk yuk yuk

  5. Re:History by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Has there ever been an industry which has survived solely on the basis of legislation?
    Lawyers?
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  6. Re:Huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, media wears out. Taco's already run through 3 copies of "Gaynal Assassins 4: Terror South of the Border" and doesn't make enough to buy a 4th

  7. Re:Huh by Eccles · · Score: 2, Funny

    Couldn't you lend him one of yours?

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  8. Re:If it has Macrovision don't copy it. by EMDischarge · · Score: 2, Funny
    QUOTE:
    I think before any DMCA type stuff is added to any kind of media, the media producer needs to be held accountable for replacement. I've never seen this happen however as most of them simply tell you "Return this to your place of purchase"

    So here's a scenario for you: You buy the latest NSync album. Fair enough. But you REALLY hate NSync, right? So you "scratch" the media to render it useless. You take it back to the store for a replacement. Becuase you hate media companies so much you repeat this process ad nauseum.

    Lather, rinse, repeat. Soon no more media company... and no more NSync!

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  9. Re:I'm shocked by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Imagine if they were to use logic like that..."

    Then they would fall back to the old dark ways of marketing, using obsolete reasoning likem "Find out what the customer wants and give it to them." Such anti-progress is unacceptable.

  10. Re:Hm, yes. by Skyshadow · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll be waiting with my/your .45

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