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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. 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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    Alas, Babylon.
  2. *** 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

  3. 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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