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New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole"

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the information-wants-to-be-encrypted dept.

ThinSkin writes "In an effort to encourage consumers to embrace digital content, The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would restrict owners of analog devices from recording analog content. For instance, if a fan wishes to tape a Baseball game on his VCR, the VCR would re-encode the content of that game and convert it into a digital form, which would then be filled with right restrictions and so forth. The process would be driven by VRAM (Veil Rights Assertion Mark), a technology that stamps analog content with DRM schemes."

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  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post/Dupe

  2. Ignore that by ergo98 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, only in Opera does it appear paragraphless. Looks fine in Opera and Firefox. I apologize for this interruption.

    1. Re:Ignore that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How about that... I am too.

  3. Re:As a record store owner. by MLopat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, assuming there's any credibility to your story (and that's probably a real stretch) you assaulted a minor? Good for you. So maybe we should add your sorry ass to a list, you know, one like the sexual offenders list. How are you going to explain to your kids that daddy had to close down the store to afford a lawyer and still has to serve 3 months? Imagine their haircuts then.

  4. No way... by djflipstarx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not letting them plug MY analog hole. I don't swing that way.

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    Y helo thar
  5. Subtle Hint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's plug the analog "LOOPhole." Not plug the ANAL ag hole. Is CowboyNeal trying to tell us something? What hole are you talking about here, CowboyNeal?

  6. Re:Not Really a Dupe by ArgieNomad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1- Post it
    2- Don't edit (or even read!) it
    3- Someone writes it well
    4- ???
    5- Profit!!

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    I just read /. for the sigs
  7. How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about a bill that would plug Slashdot dupes?