Encrypting data files, owning, distributing etc. of encryption programs and creating such programs for any electronic medias is now against the law in Denmark due to fear for terrorists, left and right wing extremist, fundamentalists and distributors of illegal pornography.
So, in other words, any electronic device that has encryption is now illegal in Denmark. Won't this affect DVD distribution, since, technically, DVD is an "encrypted electronic media"? (The info on the disk is a "data file") And don't forget that they must be decrypted by special equipment, (a DVD player)...shouldn't that be illegal also? Or is it that it's illegal to own encrypted material, but you can own decrypting devices?
Methinks I smells something.....yes, definitely - something *is* rotten in the state of Denmark:-) What do you all think?
-- I prefer the wicked to the foolish - the wicked sometimes rest. - Alexander Dumas, fils.
Hmmm, I guess I might just have to wait before buying my new laptop. By the way, is this going to be an entirely new architecture, or is it compatible with some already-extant standard? (And the obvious question) Will Linux run on it?:-) (Perhaps that's why they hired Linus, hmm?)
You know, this kinda makes you wonder. Big companies have always tended to be against hackers/crackers (they never bothered learning the difference). But if every single programmer out there who was trying to do something useful, albeit contravertial, is going to get threatened into submission for their efforts, where will the open source movement go?
As an idea, perhaps we should start an "Anonymous Coders' Webpage," where programmers could post controvertial stuff like this, and then have other people quickly mirror it all over the net (Geocities and the like).
This way, the big companies wouldn't be able to trace the author, yet the code would be available for development. Eventually, it would become so standard that they just wouldn't be able to pin the guilt on anyone.
I know this has Orwellian overtones, but still.....what do you all think about that?
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More fun with England:
Chester: You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
Hereford - You can shoot a Welsh person all day, but only on Sunday, with a Longbow, in the Cathedral Close.
William Wallace's favorite: York - Upon sight of a Scotsman, it is still legal to shoot him with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays.
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So, in other words, any electronic device that has encryption is now illegal in Denmark. Won't this affect DVD distribution, since, technically, DVD is an "encrypted electronic media"? (The info on the disk is a "data file") And don't forget that they must be decrypted by special equipment, (a DVD player)...shouldn't that be illegal also? Or is it that it's illegal to own encrypted material, but you can own decrypting devices?
Methinks I smells something.....yes, definitely - something *is* rotten in the state of Denmark :-)
What do you all think?
--
I prefer the wicked to the foolish - the wicked sometimes rest. - Alexander Dumas, fils.
Hmmm, I guess I might just have to wait before buying my new laptop. :-)
By the way, is this going to be an entirely new architecture, or is it compatible with some already-extant standard?
(And the obvious question) Will Linux run on it?
(Perhaps that's why they hired Linus, hmm?)
You know, this kinda makes you wonder. Big companies have always tended to be against hackers/crackers (they never bothered learning the difference). But if every single programmer out there who was trying to do something useful, albeit contravertial, is going to get threatened into submission for their efforts, where will the open source movement go?
As an idea, perhaps we should start an "Anonymous Coders' Webpage," where programmers could post controvertial stuff like this, and then have other people quickly mirror it all over the net (Geocities and the like).
This way, the big companies wouldn't be able to trace the author, yet the code would be available for development. Eventually, it would become so standard that they just wouldn't be able to pin the guilt on anyone.
I know this has Orwellian overtones, but still.....what do you all think about that?