User: MaltoMeal

Re:finally

On: DirecTV's Secret War On Hackers

It's considered to be theft of service. Much like eating out and skipping on the bill or stealing from the telephone company.

Re:Unfair use??

On: Lawrence Lessig On Hollywood's Attack On Fair Use

Sounds like the makings of a class action lawsuit.

Seriously, if I have >$1000 worth of DVDs and my player breaks and I buy a new one that my old DVDs don't work with then that would be enough incentive for me to find as many people as I can who have the same problem and start suing the manufacturer.

Photo - Ascii

On: The ASCII Cam

When I was in college I used to convert pictures over to acii all the time so I could send pictures to friends who used pine.