Mike Eschman of Enigma Technologies Corp, a member of SchoolForge, has been doing exactly this for some time now.
He has created a set of scripts and tools to automatically generate audio recordings from Gutenberg texts, a number of which are now available from the etc-edu website, http://www.etc-edu.com/
I suggest you subscribe to the seul-edu (http://www.seul.org/edu)and/or SchoolForge (http://www.schoolforge.net/)mailing lists if you are seriously in discussing this further, since this is a fairly important educational topic.
btw, this is about the most pathetic list of replies I've ever seen! Sure, some humour is great, but most of this is rubbish.
The DMCA is the 'Digital Millennium _Copyright_ Act' - legally it has nothing to do with regions. So, anyone not tied to the CSS license (i.e. consumers) are able to make modifications. That's my knowledge of it anyhow.
Oy, I'm not in the US. But, I concur; it would be rather difficult anyway. Also, I was half-kidding, in case you didn't notice. Half-serious, too, mind you.
9. Convince the police to conduct a raid on all MP's houses, and punish them for 'time-shifting' and owning old tapes copied from LPs by charging them $50000 per item.
I mean, seriously, has anyone here not taped anything from TV? Recorded something from the radio when you were 7? If John Howard claimed to never in his entire life had a single infringing item in his possesion... I wouldn't believe him. He's just not saintly enough (take this proposed legislation, which should be shoved aside, not even 'considered', for instance).
Like all great hacks in the past, this will need to be built from scratch. The only problem is... I like things other than computers. If it's in the middle of the ocean, I won't be able go running very easily:-(
I've heard people say things to the contrary (about videotaping and so forth). I've tried to find information about such things out myself, but to no avail. copyright.org.au doesn't seem to even consider fair use at all, so I don't see how you can immediately conclude that there aren't any, based on what they say.
I'm probably wrong on all accounts; I'd love to be enlightened, once and for all.
I know this is a stupid question, but what's wrong with reverse-engineering magnetic tapes? They were invented ages ago - surely all patents would have expired by now?
As an Australian also, I am also immensely disappointed. This only confirms my suspicions that my government is filled with greedy politicians.
Anyhow, what are we going to do about it? Here's a few of my suggestions:
1. Complain to our "representatives". 2. Disobey. 3. Create our own countries, outside the jurisdiction of evil legislation. 4. Exercise our rights to free speech and, in the case of Free Software, print code on T-Shirts, in books, on mugs and, what the heck, on the Net. After all, how can free speech be overruled by lesser dmca-like laws, anyway? 5. Stop using computers. Ugh. I don't like the sound of that. 6. Cry and/or scream in horror (and shame). 7. Rejoice that the media cartels will now profit even more, at our expense.
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Mike Eschman of Enigma Technologies Corp, a member of SchoolForge, has been doing exactly this for some time now.
He has created a set of scripts and tools to automatically generate audio recordings from Gutenberg texts, a number of which are now available from the etc-edu website, http://www.etc-edu.com/
I suggest you subscribe to the seul-edu (http://www.seul.org/edu)and/or SchoolForge (http://www.schoolforge.net/)mailing lists if you are seriously in discussing this further, since this is a fairly important educational topic.
btw, this is about the most pathetic list of replies I've ever seen! Sure, some humour is great, but most of this is rubbish.
Aren't hackers supposed to like building things?
The DMCA is the 'Digital Millennium _Copyright_ Act' - legally it has nothing to do with regions. So, anyone not tied to the CSS license (i.e. consumers) are able to make modifications. That's my knowledge of it anyhow.
Oy, I'm not in the US. But, I concur; it would be rather difficult anyway. Also, I was half-kidding, in case you didn't notice. Half-serious, too, mind you.
Japan has a history of human rights abuses. Any Amnesty person will tell you so.
9. Convince the police to conduct a raid on all MP's houses, and punish them for 'time-shifting' and owning old tapes copied from LPs by charging them $50000 per item.
I mean, seriously, has anyone here not taped anything from TV? Recorded something from the radio when you were 7? If John Howard claimed to never in his entire life had a single infringing item in his possesion... I wouldn't believe him. He's just not saintly enough (take this proposed legislation, which should be shoved aside, not even 'considered', for instance).
Like all great hacks in the past, this will need to be built from scratch. The only problem is... I like things other than computers. If it's in the middle of the ocean, I won't be able go running very easily :-(
Thanks for that! I wasn't even aware of it :-\
I've heard people say things to the contrary (about videotaping and so forth). I've tried to find information about such things out myself, but to no avail. copyright.org.au doesn't seem to even consider fair use at all, so I don't see how you can immediately conclude that there aren't any, based on what they say.
I'm probably wrong on all accounts; I'd love to be enlightened, once and for all.
I know this is a stupid question, but what's wrong with reverse-engineering magnetic tapes? They were invented ages ago - surely all patents would have expired by now?
I agree with you entirely, except for the DVD bit.
Region-free DVD players are perfectly legal anywhere, so long as the person distributing them region-free hasn't signed the CSS license.
As an Australian also, I am also immensely disappointed. This only confirms my suspicions that my government is filled with greedy politicians.
Anyhow, what are we going to do about it? Here's a few of my suggestions:
1. Complain to our "representatives".
2. Disobey.
3. Create our own countries, outside the jurisdiction of evil legislation.
4. Exercise our rights to free speech and, in the case of Free Software, print code on T-Shirts, in books, on mugs and, what the heck, on the Net. After all, how can free speech be overruled by lesser dmca-like laws, anyway?
5. Stop using computers. Ugh. I don't like the sound of that.
6. Cry and/or scream in horror (and shame).
7. Rejoice that the media cartels will now profit even more, at our expense.
Anyone have any more suggestsions?