Hehe, sure he is; after all he is not praising Linux is he?....noooooo, partly because the points he raises have fairly reasonable solutions that have been raised, some of which are being implemented. The other bit is the Slashdot Martyr Syndrome, a little piece of reverse psychology I see karma whores and trolls use for kicks around here all the time.
In fact, you just did it now for him. "You're just calling him a troll because he doesn't support Linux." No, I'm calling him a troll because he's acting like one. I call 'em as I see 'em...
-Platinum Dragon, posting under my g/f's account
Let's get working, rather, on our^ own DVD players. They can't stop that, can they?
If those players try to circumvent the region-coding features or "enhancements", it's likely they can be considered "devices that circumvent an access control" under - you guessed it - the DMCA.
I swear, the entire previous Congress and President should be charged with collusion and racketeering for handing a few technology cartels a near-chokehold on several industries related to software and entertainment through a horribly anti-consumer, anti-hacker, anti-individual law that gives as many advantages as possible to the cartels that wrote said law. The DMCA handed a lot of power to a few people, to the detriment of many, and is one of the more corrupt laws of recent times, passed by a corrupt body of government.
Excuse me while I go puke now.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account
Sure, they're using technology instead of litigation...to prevent viewing of legally-purchased DVDs in legally-purchased players. Same shit, different form. Hell, region-coding is even less defensible as a copy control than CSS, and DeCSS/css-auth/libcss has legitimate, non-infringing uses!
Now that it's illegal in the US to even possess a device that circumvents an access control, those Apex players are now contraband, courtesy of the very studio that's trying to sell you flicks. What a sad, sad joke.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account
Isn't it just fun watching content providers declare jihad on the very people they're trying to sell entertainment products to and the hardware manufacturers they rely on to allow those products to be viewed? Talk about not getting the message. You'd think the studios were involved in Operation Foot Bullet or something.
Who wants to place bets on the first US manufacturer or hacker that scores a DMCA lawsuit for getting around this restriction on otherwise perfectly legal viewing of DVDs. Keep in mind, the DMCA specifically mentions circumvention of access controls, not copy controls, leaving gobs of room for legal interpretation by the DMCA's backers, and none for their targets.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account.
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Hehe, sure he is; after all he is not praising Linux is he? ....noooooo, partly because the points he raises have fairly reasonable solutions that have been raised, some of which are being implemented. The other bit is the Slashdot Martyr Syndrome, a little piece of reverse psychology I see karma whores and trolls use for kicks around here all the time.
In fact, you just did it now for him. "You're just calling him a troll because he doesn't support Linux." No, I'm calling him a troll because he's acting like one. I call 'em as I see 'em...
-Platinum Dragon, posting under my g/f's account
Let's get working, rather, on our^ own DVD players. They can't stop that, can they?
If those players try to circumvent the region-coding features or "enhancements", it's likely they can be considered "devices that circumvent an access control" under - you guessed it - the DMCA.
I swear, the entire previous Congress and President should be charged with collusion and racketeering for handing a few technology cartels a near-chokehold on several industries related to software and entertainment through a horribly anti-consumer, anti-hacker, anti-individual law that gives as many advantages as possible to the cartels that wrote said law. The DMCA handed a lot of power to a few people, to the detriment of many, and is one of the more corrupt laws of recent times, passed by a corrupt body of government.
Excuse me while I go puke now.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account
Sure, they're using technology instead of litigation...to prevent viewing of legally-purchased DVDs in legally-purchased players. Same shit, different form. Hell, region-coding is even less defensible as a copy control than CSS, and DeCSS/css-auth/libcss has legitimate, non-infringing uses!
Now that it's illegal in the US to even possess a device that circumvents an access control, those Apex players are now contraband, courtesy of the very studio that's trying to sell you flicks. What a sad, sad joke.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account
Isn't it just fun watching content providers declare jihad on the very people they're trying to sell entertainment products to and the hardware manufacturers they rely on to allow those products to be viewed? Talk about not getting the message. You'd think the studios were involved in Operation Foot Bullet or something.
Who wants to place bets on the first US manufacturer or hacker that scores a DMCA lawsuit for getting around this restriction on otherwise perfectly legal viewing of DVDs. Keep in mind, the DMCA specifically mentions circumvention of access controls, not copy controls, leaving gobs of room for legal interpretation by the DMCA's backers, and none for their targets.
--Platinum Dragon, posting under my girlfriend's account.