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DeCSS Arguments in CA Supreme Court Case
scubacuda writes "According to News.com, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer called DVD-cracking software DeCSS a tool for "breaking, entering and stealing" during a hearing before the California Supreme Court on Thursday. "The program DeCSS is a burglary tool," Lockyer told the judges, adding that the movie studios lose millions of dollars because of piracy over the Internet. (CopyLeft offers this "burglary tool" on a t-shirt)" If you've forgotten what this case is about, see EFF's page about it.
DeCSS is a burglary tool just like how I'm actually growing dildos in my vegetable garden.
myselfmusic
If you grow them, they will cum.
That a tool that allows people to copy their DVD's for their own purposes is "a tool for burglary", yet a gun which allows people to kill other people is a "right"?
This makes me so angry I want to go shoot someone!
If you liked licking my balls, add me to your foes list!
No, the argument against "Vicious Rectal Colonizing" is what spawned the revision of personal property laws versus the common good.
That argument still gets around from time to time though.
krystal_blade
It will be easy to motivate our fellow man; there is hardly anything people treasure more than not being annihilated.
They stole your hand? That's got to hurt...
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If the RIAA and MPAA don't want to let their movies and music get copied, then simply don't distribute it enmasse to untrusted sources via 8-track, cassette tape, LP, CD, CD-ROM, DVD, etc! It's as easy as that!
Oh, wait... no one wants to go spend $20 to take themselves and a significant other to the movie theatre for one showing of "The Hot Chick," but they'll rent it or buy it on DVD for the EXACT SAME PRICE for multiple viewings? Guess my idea of "customer value" should have been thrown out a long time ago along with my ideas that are counter-culture to the new socialism: Sue companies to get rich!
Silly me.
No. The VCR was compared to The Boston Strangler. This is just compared to a burglary tool.
Clearly the motion picture industry's attitude is softening a little.
"The program DeCSS is a burglary tool," Lockyer told the judges, adding that the movie studios lose millions of dollars because of piracy over the Internet.
Do those statements have anythiong to do with each other? how about this one - "Cheese is smelly and horrible", says Bob Blob, adding that millions of people worldwide are starving.
(hand over one eye)
ARRRRRR-chiving!
It's only a matter of time before SCO decides they own the rights to all motion picture technology and tries to sue the RIAA.
Trolling is a art,
The lawers are just pissed off because what their clients worked hard on for 3 years was reverse engineered by a teenager over spring break =)
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
Yeah, we all know slim jims are only used for nefarious purposes. I mean, their advertising is totally reeking of it. "Break into a slim jim" and you have a huge muscular guy who is a wrestler (which coincidentally looks like a thug) who shouts that phrase. I'd have to say slim jims should be illegal. Regular beef jerky for everyone. None of that sausage crap.
Norris/Palin 2012
Fact: We deserve leaders who can kick your ass and field dress your carcass.
I can buy Slim Jims at my local gas station.
Lack of eloquence does not denote lack of intelligence, though they often coincide.
I've wondered about that. The old version of windows update allowed you to agree to the EULA displayed in a box before the text had loaded, so I agreed to an empty EULA. Another version used an editable text box for the EULA. I replaced it with text stating that a 51% share in Microsoft Corporation became my property as a result of accepting the conditions, and clicked Okay. This leaves us with two options. For a contract to be legally binding, it must be legally binding for both parties so either EULAs are not legally binding, or I own MS. If the second is true then Balmer, you are so fired.
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Just because A is the first letter of the alphabet, doesn't mean that Apples are green!!
Of course, as any Randroid will tell you:
A is A!
Hey, great! I can't find part I of my Fellowship of the Ring DVD, I think it was lost during the move, where do I send for another piece of media so I can still use my license?
Sigs are like bumper stickers.
What? er... nevermind.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Did anyone notice this:
"Well the inevitable has happened, Copyleft is now named as a defendant in the DVD-CCA case in California. "
Just for selling a shirt with the code printed on it?! I can't compile a shirt!
'Begin lameness
I know the shirt is soft wear, but this is ridiculous
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The limits of the DMCA are being tested by cases like this
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This is a court case, so we're talking about lawyers. Gotta be pedantic, the whole "when in Rome..." thing
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Sorry you couldn't figure it out, I'm sure most other readers will be able to, tho...
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You're welcome to try next time you're in Montreal . Weapon of choice - Canadian Beer. Bet even my dogs can out-drink you.
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