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Two Congressmen Push for DMCA Amendments
silicon not in the v writes "Rep Rick Boucher, D-Va, is proposing a bill to amend the DMCA to specifically allow copying digital media for the purpose of personal backups. This is, of course, being fought hard by the content lobbies, most significantly the MPAA for its potential for bootlegging DVDs. Here was my favorite quote: 'There is no right in the copyright law to make backup copies of motion pictures, so the whole argument that people should have the right to make backup copies of DVDs has no legal support whatsoever,' said Fritz Attaway, executive vice president of the MPAA." See also stories from the Associated Press and CNet.
'There is no right in the copyright law to make backup copies of motion pictures, so the whole argument that people should have the right to make backup copies of DVDs has no legal support whatsoever,' said Fritz Attaway executive vice president of the MPAA.
Why is it that the name Fritz Attaway just seems like what an executive VP from the MPAA should be named. If this were a fictional movie, you'd be hardpressed to come up with a better name.
You haven't read the EULA for Windows Media Player 9, have you?
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This is just for fun...
:-)
The price of Red Hat's stock has grown steadily over the last year, from around $5 to around $25.
Meanwhile, the price of Microsoft's stock has stayed flat, at around $26.
And today, for the first time since the initial bubble, the price of Red Hat's stock exceeded that of Microsoft's.
See RHAT and MSFT
Of course, it doesn't really mean anything, since you can't really compare the two. There are a lot more shares of MFST in circulation than RHAT. Mind you, the fact that one is going up, while the other is flat does mean something.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed it.
What you should do is make sure to purchase the retailer's Extended Warranty! Apparently, retailer EW's gaurd against anything that could possibly go wrong with your consumer product. :-)
At least I was entertained when the pimple-faced Best Buy lacky was trying to convince me I needed to buy a $24.00 Extended Warranty for the $30 USB memory stick I was getting. I pretended to waiver and gave him plenty of opportunities to impress me with his justifications.
Obligitory Simpson's Reference: As Homer was having a crayone re-inserted into his brain by the Dr. hammering it up his nose...
[tap-tap-tap]
"Hmmmm... don't notice any difference."
[tap-tap-tap]
"DeeeFENCE! DeeeFENCE! DeeeFENCE!"
[tap-tap-tap]
"Oooooh, extended warranty? I can't lose..."
This one gang kept wanting me to join cause I'm pretty good with a bo staff.
I dont know about fair use rights, but i do know that i have the right to do whatever i want in my own home with something ive legally purchased (apart from obvious things like building nuclear reactors or using a dvd as murder weapon). Now you might argue that this law doesnt exist, but i think you'll find it right next to the law that says "people have common sense freedoms so suck my dick" this is also in the same section of the law that quite clearly states "you are not the only people who can make films so dont act like you're selling something we would die without, infact these days you shouldnt even be acting at all, you suck"
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Saying things like "It's against the consumers' interest" is just some form of IP-lawyer tourettes; it's just instinctive, they can't help saying it, even if it makes no sense at all. We should start a support group.
If a "right" isn't defined, then it is assumed to be legal
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This one gang kept wanting me to join cause I'm pretty good with a bo staff.
Well, we can't all vote for Rep. Boucher. Unless Diebold voting machines are being used to tally the votes, of course.
I dont know about fair use rights, but i do know that i have the right to do whatever i want in my own home with something ive legally purchased (apart from obvious things like building nuclear reactors or using a dvd as murder weapon). Now you might argue that this law doesnt exist, but i think you'll find it right next to the law that says "people have common sense freedoms so suck my dick"
;-)
This is technically correct, but seems to be worded for Slashdot readers rather than a more appropriate audience. You might want to call those laws "the ninth and tenth amendments" when writing your Congressman.
In fact, you might want to leave oral sex metaphors out of your letter altogether. The Republicans will just be distracted or offended by the subject, the Democrats will just be embarrassed or defensive about it, and then neither group will pay attention to your actual topic.
Some prof. said "There's a thin line between partiotism and stupidity, and it is vanishing"
Furthermore, it is against consumer interests because:
(1) using more writeable DVDs will drive up the price of writeable DVDs, and *then* where will you be?
(2) more writeable DVDs will increase the reflective potential of the earth, contributing even further to global dimming
(3) your friends may choose to watch your movies *without you* because, hey, you've got two copies, they only need one, not you.
I for one, applaud the effort of the MPAA to protect our interests, even if they cannot actually make films that can hold them more than 10% of the time.
Libertarianism is rich wolves and poor sheep playing gambler's ruin for dinner.
It also works well to polish the teeth my son uses to "scratch" the DVDs :)
No, no. If you drop a book in the toilet, you'll back up the toilet, not the book!
Friends? People? "That does not compute." I can't find that column in my spreadsheet. All I can find is dollars. and cents.
What?