I'll admit it, I'm a little bit pissed off at the comments on this posting. First of all, Slashdot shows some bias to the case by only posting the conclusion (which of course looks horrible). Secondly, all the readers take this to mean that the judge is a hatemongerer and in the hands of the MPAA. Here are the most important points that the judge made, IMO:
* If DeCSS was made for Linux DVD players, then why was the compiled Windows port made and released?
* DeCSS's intended purpose was for a DVD player for Linux. This is an honorable and difficult thing to do and is protected by law. Releasing the compiled Win32 version does not help the Linux DVD project at all. Not only that, but...
*...anybody linking to the compiled version isn't following the intended purpose either, as stated in the case.
* And finally, our elected officials in Congress passed the DMCA to "protect" everybody, including the MPAA. If there's a problem with the DMCA, it's up to us elected people to take it up with Congress and get some laws passed to overturn this ruling. The judge did concede that people are being restricted by the current implementation of CSS, but "Congress clearly faced up to and dealt with this question in enacting the DMCA"
So, finally, the judge passes the buck to where it belongs. His job was to apply the current law, and I believe that's all he did. He didn't show any real bias towards either side, (which angry script kiddies translate to "biased against us"), he just said that DeCSS is not helping the Linux DVD situation, and that when 2600 links to it, they're not helping the situation either.
Sony has advertised the PS2 as being backwards compatible with most PSX games. Now, since the PS2 is a completely different, brand new architecture, the only way they can really do this is by coding an emulator into the PS2. The key word that people seem to miss is that *most* PSX games work with PS2. Hence, a PSX emulator has been built into the PS2.
So, Sony has made an emulator for PSX. If Sony won the lawsuit and forbade Connectix from writing an emulator, then can Sony legally write an emulator for the PS2? I know this sounds silly, but can anybody dispute this?
My dad has a vintage one that was used by a person in his business until 2 years ago when he retired. It was totally mechanical, the power was supplied by a lever you pulled. Push in the number buttons, push the operand, and pull... It would kachunk and print out the subtotal on the tape reel on top... I have no idea about the year...
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alright, standard disclaimers and IANAL apply:
...anybody linking to the compiled version isn't following the intended purpose either, as stated in the case.
I'll admit it, I'm a little bit pissed off at the comments on this posting. First of all, Slashdot shows some bias to the case by only posting the conclusion (which of course looks horrible). Secondly, all the readers take this to mean that the judge is a hatemongerer and in the hands of the MPAA. Here are the most important points that the judge made, IMO:
* If DeCSS was made for Linux DVD players, then why was the compiled Windows port made and released?
* DeCSS's intended purpose was for a DVD player for Linux. This is an honorable and difficult thing to do and is protected by law. Releasing the compiled Win32 version does not help the Linux DVD project at all. Not only that, but...
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* And finally, our elected officials in Congress passed the DMCA to "protect" everybody, including the MPAA. If there's a problem with the DMCA, it's up to us elected people to take it up with Congress and get some laws passed to overturn this ruling. The judge did concede that people are being restricted by the current implementation of CSS, but "Congress clearly faced up to and dealt with this question in enacting the DMCA"
So, finally, the judge passes the buck to where it belongs. His job was to apply the current law, and I believe that's all he did. He didn't show any real bias towards either side, (which angry script kiddies translate to "biased against us"), he just said that DeCSS is not helping the Linux DVD situation, and that when 2600 links to it, they're not helping the situation either.
So, Sony has made an emulator for PSX. If Sony won the lawsuit and forbade Connectix from writing an emulator, then can Sony legally write an emulator for the PS2? I know this sounds silly, but can anybody dispute this?
My dad has a vintage one that was used by a person in his business until 2 years ago when he retired. It was totally mechanical, the power was supplied by a lever you pulled. Push in the number buttons, push the operand, and pull... It would kachunk and print out the subtotal on the tape reel on top... I have no idea about the year...