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Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack

mikesd81 writes "Intel is apparently threatening to use the DMCA against anyone using the HDCP crack under the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause. 'There are laws to protect both the intellectual property involved as well as the content that is created and owned by the content providers,' said Tom Waldrop, a spokesman for the company, which developed HDCP. 'Should a circumvention device be created using this information, we and others would avail ourselves, as appropriate, of those remedies.'"

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  1. Re:Barn Doors by Thanshin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unless you can shoot the horse down, hang the horse thief and buy another horse.

    The problem comes when you forget about all that happened and put the new horse in a new barn, which is open.

  2. Re:That is the modus operandi by Thanshin · · Score: 4, Funny

    they want people to hack them, so they have a legally binding way to go after them.

    ...and drink their blood!

    What! My theory is as sound as yours.

    And much better for a movie.

  3. Re:Barn Doors by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or just assume you can keep using the same horse.

    Speaking of horses, this analogy is starting to seem like beating a dead one. Let it go...

  4. Re:So how long before HDCP is replaced? by airfoobar · · Score: 4, Funny

    The village people?