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Trusted Computing/DMCA vs. Diebold Pentagon Paper
The Importance of writes "Diebold's ill-fated e-voting machines have gotten a lot of coverage recently. Of particular interest is the fact that some of the most damning documents are legal memos leaked from Diebold's law firm, Jones Day. The memos were leaked to the Oakland Tribune. Now Diebold's lawyers are trying to suppress their publication. The judge has ordered the documents returned, except for those already published on the internet. Hopefully, the First Amendment will protect the newspaper's rights to hold onto the documents. However, EFF's Jason Schultz points out a very real and very scary scenario in which trusted computing combined with the DMCA makes such leaks illegal, regardless of the First Amendment."
I love the GNAA!
FAGGOTS
O poor me, and do we really need bush in office another year, just so he can screw us over with more inane laws/bills.
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If I get modded down for this, it's because Diebold software is being used by Slashdot to tally the moderations.
I actually think Slashdot does a pretty decent job of reporting on both Apple and non-Apple platforms even if they did turn into a bunch of Apple fags.
Perhaps you haven't heard... Diebold is a huge supporter of the Republican party, and I'm sure they have more than enough friends in office right now (including Dubya, to whom Diebold's CEO has promised to deliver the state of Ohio). I'd be surprised if anything actually comes of this in anywhere besides California (if anything even happens there).
The Republicans are SET on making sure that our votes are "counted" by going to electronic voting, and it's something that they want to tightly control. Hell, they walked out - WALKED OUT - of a federal hearing on voting machines.
Diebold is trying, and doing a very good job, of making a stable and secure voting system. Then when some disgruntled worker leaks the documents in attempt of revealing how to use the machine fradualtently, you people rejoice! How is this for hypocrisy?
Diebold is a company committed to election integrity and you guys are accomplishing everyting you say you are working against!
Answer is simple. Corporations are not people. The rights of people should always trump the rights of corporations, end of story. Unfortunately, with the republicans in office, the exact opposite is true. For instance, think about all the router manufacturers (and others) who are illegally distributing GPLed software. Under the current (anti music sharing) laws, that comes to 1/4 million dollars and 5 years in prison per offense, multiply that by a million or so, and we're talking a trillion dollars give or take, and at least 50 years per employee.....
Now, why have none of these cases ever gone to court? Oh, that's right, because corporations aren't subject to the laws of the land like mere pople are. Sorry, my bad.....
People who don't understand the issues shouldn't vote on them.
Yes, but aging Bible-thumpers *are* voting. The question is whether they can be counteracted or not.
May we never see th