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DMCA Doesn't Protect Garage Door Remotes

Posted by timothy on from the now-the-world-is-truly-safe dept.

bgood writes "A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that a univeral remote garage door opener does not violate the DMCA. "Consumers have a reasonable expectation that they can replace the original product with a competing universal product without violating federal law," Judge Rebecca M. Pallmeyer said. "This was an attempt to expand the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to where it had never gone before," said Andrea B. Greene, attorney for privately held Skylink, the manufacture of the garage door opener in question. "[This is] very good news for consumers." Additional coverage at Wired and Security Focus."

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  1. WOO HOO FIRST POST by XdarkstarX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    #1 WOO HOO

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    1. Re:WOO HOO FIRST POST by XdarkstarX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      damn it... beaten again...

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  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

  3. mug shot of US corepirate nazi bootlicker found by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson/linuxexpo/qv_016.jpg

    some are saying that ignoring stuff that really matters whilst sucking up to somebodIE else's monIE, makes you look kind of funnIE?

  4. pateNTdead eyecon0meter: wwworld not safe yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it may 'seem' that way to corepirate nazi /.puppets? the rest of US however, can detect, without even so much as a model rocket cam, that's not the case. in fact, quite the opposite, as the creators have continued the planet/population crisis alert, as there is a real danger of overheating the main processor.

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& oe =UTF-8&q=world+opinion+u.s.+war&btnG=Google+Search

    as compelled as you may be to do so, DO NOT attempt to disempower unprecedented evile by yourself. you could get some of that awful stuff on you. seek the assisstance/consult of the highly qualified creators' planet/population rescue team.

    get ready to see the light.

    J. Public et AL has yet to become involved in open/honest 'net communications/commerce in a meaningful way. that's mostly due to the MiSinformation suppLIEd buy phonIE ?pr? ?firm?/stock markup FraUD execrable, etc...

    truth is, there's no better/more affordable/effective way that we know of, for J. to reach other J.'s &/or their respective markets.

    the recipe is:

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator. vote with yOUR wallet. more breathing. seek others of non-agressive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit.

    use key words/indexing to identify yourself/your products.

    the overbullowned greed/fear based phonIE marketeers are self eliminating by their owned greed/fear/ego based evile MiSintentions. they must deny the existence of the power that is dissolving their ability to continue their self-centered evile behaviours.

    as the lights continue to come up, you'll see what we mean. meanwhile, there are plenty of challenges, not the least of which is the planet/population rescue (from the corepirate nazi/walking dead contingent) initiative.

    EVERYTHING is going to change, despite the lameNT of the evile wons. you CAN bet your .asp on that won. as the lights come up, there'll be no going back, & no where to hide.

    we weren't planted here to facilitate/perpetuate the excesses of a handful of Godless felons. you already know that? yOUR ONLY purpose here is to help one another. any other pretense is totally false.

    pay attention (to yOUR environment, for example). that's quite affordable, & leads to insights on preserving life as it should/could/will be again. everything's ALL about yOUR motives.

  5. More FUD by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is the second post I've seen that says this.

    Windows Media Player 9 has always played DVDs with no third-party decoders installed. Yes, kids, it plays DVDs just fine, all by its lonesome.

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    1. Re:More FUD by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Interesting. You just proved that what I said was absolutely right. Just because you disagree doesn't mean I'm stupid, it doesn't even nessessarily mean I'm wrong. In reality, it's easy to discredit ANY view if you try hard enough. Even creationists and scientologists have 'discredited' evolution and sanity, respectively.

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  6. Re:Changes by SkunkPussy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They showed us some lame arse XBox game
    Safe!!! I approve of your spelling. From where I'm standing (UK), I get pissed off when lazy people use the US spelling of arse (ass). I assume by youe usage that NZ uses the same spelling as UK and therefore I am pleased. good work!

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  7. That's because he's a troll by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod down grandparent -1 liar.

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  8. wrongly sued by twitter · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Umm, who has the RIAA wrongly sued?

    The Girl Scouts of America and the RIAA won, forcing them to pay fees because the Girl Scouts had been singing America The Beautiful around the campfire. If that's not wrong, I'm not sure what is.

    The RIAA is an evil extortion ring fighting competition with silly laws.

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