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Testing Microsoft And The DMCA

Posted by timothy on from the gosh-that-sounds-like-freedom-of-speech dept.

sproketboy writes "I found a great piece about an MIT student and his XBox hacking over at news.com. Apparently he can't get his how-to book published do to fears with DMCA. I hope he at least can get it publish in China or Russia where people have some freedoms left. ;)." The student is doctoral candidate Andrew "Bunnie" Huang, the same hacker Microsoft declined to stop last August from presenting a paper on insecurities in the Xbox hardware.

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  1. No... by wing.app · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You don't have freedoms just because you can do something illegal and not get caught.

  2. Re:Why all this obsession with XBox hacking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Welcome to Slashdot. Home of hypocrisy, pathetic whining and pointless arguing over issues on which the user population has little or no knowledge.

    Oh, and your post was absolutely spot on. Nice one.

  3. Re:You forget. We ARE the world. by Troed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Blablabla. Stop repeating US propaganda and learn something about what your discussing. Check what happens to the civilian population in areas where the US has used depleted uranium (chemical warfare) and cluster bombs (illegal weapon).

    --
    it's in my head
  4. DEATH to unAmerican and Unpatriotic Acts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    unAmerican and Unpatriotic acts should be frowned upon and that includes violation of DMCA which is designed to protect our GREAT American corporations like Microsoft that has made us so powerful.

    DEATH to unAmerican and Unpatriotic acts

    DEATH to gnu CRAP

    DEATH to opensource SHIT

    ONLY Microsoft is RIGHT

    ONLY America is RIGHT

    Want Proof of this?

    Watch some TV you liberal SCUM

    Open ur eyes & see how the iraqi people PRAISE our GREAT President and welcome our BRAVE MEN with love

    Yet ANOTHER PROOF that the American way is the RIGHT way

    Everyone else should DIE

    Heil Bush