#1) The real threat is not a few days' inconvenience, but arrest, as in the case of Dimitri Skylarov. I don't know the ins and outs of the DMCA but it seems likely that they could arrest people for this as well. Of course, an arrest would require a trial. #2) The method for determining copyrighted material should be available under the Freedom of Information Act if it's being used to enforce the DMCA. If people are being prosecuted (or even punished under a law) because of information determined from a particular algorithm, that algorithm should be available. The only exception I know of is the IRS' algo for auditing.
Shouldn't they just be suing Roxio et al. for "allowing" you to (rip CDs and then) distribute copyrighted material on napster? Maybe they should sue ISPs for giving you access to napster in the first place; ISPs are a convenient scapegoat too.
As an indy artist, the p4p thing was going pretty well until they lost the first suit, then it was all down the hopper. Ampcast rocks.
from the ZDNet article:
"What's it all about? Microsoft is considering adding a feature to Windows XP (link to Microsoft XP order info page), due out Oct. 25, that would take users to links predetermined by Microsoft (link to favorable article about Microsoft). "
Perhaps the link editor came in late?
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#1) The real threat is not a few days' inconvenience, but arrest, as in the case of Dimitri Skylarov. I don't know the ins and outs of the DMCA but it seems likely that they could arrest people for this as well. Of course, an arrest would require a trial. #2) The method for determining copyrighted material should be available under the Freedom of Information Act if it's being used to enforce the DMCA. If people are being prosecuted (or even punished under a law) because of information determined from a particular algorithm, that algorithm should be available. The only exception I know of is the IRS' algo for auditing.
Shouldn't they just be suing Roxio et al. for "allowing" you to (rip CDs and then) distribute copyrighted material on napster? Maybe they should sue ISPs for giving you access to napster in the first place; ISPs are a convenient scapegoat too.
As an indy artist, the p4p thing was going pretty well until they lost the first suit, then it was all down the hopper. Ampcast rocks.
from the ZDNet article: "What's it all about? Microsoft is considering adding a feature to Windows XP (link to Microsoft XP order info page), due out Oct. 25, that would take users to links predetermined by Microsoft (link to favorable article about Microsoft). " Perhaps the link editor came in late?