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MPAA Sues DVD Chip Manufacturers
WhatAmIDoingHere writes "The Motion Picture Association of America has sued two chip manufacturing companies for selling integrated circuits to manufacturers that produce non-approved DVD players."
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1 word... brutal.. when will this madness end
the First Post (R) was a very happy geek....
It would be presumptuous to conclude that Americans have no right to know what is being done in their name
Logged-in or AC, the CLIT retains control of this fucking shithole.
love,
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p.s. try Beano
Right now
I am an anti-Christ
And I am an anarchist
Don't know what I want, but I know how get it
I want to destroy, possibly?
'Cause I want to be anarchy, no dog's body
Anarchy for the U.S.A.
It's coming sometime, it may be
I give a wrong time, stop a traffic light
Your future dream is a shopping spree
'Cause I want to be anarchy, in the city
Of many ways to get what you want
I use the best, I use the rest
I use the enemy
I use anarchy
'Cause I want to be anarchy, it's the only way to be
Is this the M.P.A.A.?
Is this the R.I.A.A.?
Is this the D.M.C.A.?
I thought it was the U.S.A., or just another country
And other cunt-like tendencies
'Cause I want to be anarchy, 'cause I want to be
Anarchy, you know what I mean?
'Cause I want to be anarchist, again I'm pissed
Destroy!
~S
Here's the deal. The RIAA claims that downloading cut into their profits. I for one bought Moby's Play because I downloaded a few songs. They also don't take into account that they (RIAA) have hiked up CD prices, and most music on the album sucks save 1 or two tracks. Most people don't want to spend $20 for 1 or 2 good tracks. It's kinda like saying Ice Cream trucks won't sell as much Ice cream in Jan as they will in Jul. That's kinda true, and there are plenty of stats to back it; but it might be because of the temp...Not the name of the month.
Hasn't this been tried with gun makers? Photocopiers?
P2P Software?
Stop the world, I want to get out!
Stupidity is an equal opportunity striker.
Fellow slashdotter Bill Dog
Two common mistakes, largely due to MegaDeath's mistaken hearing and re-recording of this tune, "Anarchy in the UK".
"no dog's body" is really "No jobs buddy.", an obvious reference to an economic downturn.
"other cunt-like tendencies" is really "other council tennancies", a form of publicly administrated housing in the UK, a common citizen to government abrasive touchpoint.
Keep the change.
"A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
GeneralEmergency
You mean we'll finally see damages proved to a standard suitable for a court of law instead of braying repetition by 'news media' such as Yahoo?
Except, last I checked, bolt cutters were not illegal.
They are a burglary tool and you may be convicted of possession. I personally viewed a case where a man was convicted of possession of a screwdriver, with this interesting twist, the screwdriver was actually one of the things he admited he stole. It wasn't one of the tools of the crime, it was part of the loot.
Yes, this is a bastardization of the law (and all possession laws are a bastardization of American legal philosophy in the first place), but it is the way the law is successfully applied. Successful application is called "precedent."
KFG
While it isn't a contract in my opinion, it should be noted that the GPL itself certainly attempts to be one, in that it demands you "accept" it before gaining any of the permissions. Heck, it even explicitly states the mode of assent: distribution.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
You seem to have missed the original poster's point completely. Your right to bear arms has been whittled away, too. In the days when that amendment was made, the arms you had the right to bear really meant something. The arms you can bear now are the equivalent of what a schoolboy's catapult was then.
Similarly, one day everyone will take it for granted that you cannot reproduce anything without the copyright holder's permission, and archaic laws about "fair use" will seem as irrelevant as a shotgun against the government.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato