there's an old school work-around for selling products that have patents on them already....don't sell the product....sell a KIT that allows you to put it together and do the same thing.....
I agree.....in fact i'd like to know if this case can be appealed by the end of it......i'm not a lawyer....but doesn't the MPAA need evidence? if the ability to copy DVDs has always been there, then what evidence is there that DeCSS is written for the purpose of copying DVDs?
according to the judge, the issue isn't COPYING DVDs, its not piracy of the information being protected, people, its the encryption keys....the defendant's case is being built against the WRONG charge.....it seems that the defendants need to build a case that they are in fact protected by the DMCA interoperability clause and then they need to prove to the judge that interoperability is more important than copyright protection in this case......i think some precedents would be nice too....i have seen little of that while following this battle......
the judge's attitude does not seem to be impartial.....EVERY argument for the defendant was deemed either irrelevant or did not have sufficient evidence....if it wasn't one of the two than the judge simply said that he disagreed with the constitutionality of the laws that DID protect the defendant.....if its law, then its law, right....i know he's the one to interpret the law, but does he really have the power to disregard laws because he doesn't LIKE them??
i dunno....there's a strong defense here.....a more impartial judge would be nice......but a strong defense would be even nicer
what's the point of using DeCSS to COPY DVDs? the blank media is more expensive than the pre-fab....and the space that the full-quality dvd takes up is enourmous....not too many people have enough HD space to store more than maybe one or two DVDs on their hard drive...and reducing the quality to fit it onto a CD gives you the same or worse quality than copying it from tape.....there really doesn't seem to be much to be gained from copying DVDs in the first place....and besides....machines are available for that....and what's more....shouldn't you be able to record the analog output??
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there's an old school work-around for selling products that have patents on them already....don't sell the product....sell a KIT that allows you to put it together and do the same thing.....
I agree.....in fact i'd like to know if this case can be appealed by the end of it......i'm not a lawyer....but doesn't the MPAA need evidence? if the ability to copy DVDs has always been there, then what evidence is there that DeCSS is written for the purpose of copying DVDs?
according to the judge, the issue isn't COPYING DVDs, its not piracy of the information being protected, people, its the encryption keys....the defendant's case is being built against the WRONG charge.....it seems that the defendants need to build a case that they are in fact protected by the DMCA interoperability clause and then they need to prove to the judge that interoperability is more important than copyright protection in this case......i think some precedents would be nice too....i have seen little of that while following this battle......
the judge's attitude does not seem to be impartial.....EVERY argument for the defendant was deemed either irrelevant or did not have sufficient evidence....if it wasn't one of the two than the judge simply said that he disagreed with the constitutionality of the laws that DID protect the defendant.....if its law, then its law, right....i know he's the one to interpret the law, but does he really have the power to disregard laws because he doesn't LIKE them??
i dunno....there's a strong defense here.....a more impartial judge would be nice......but a strong defense would be even nicer
what's the point of using DeCSS to COPY DVDs? the blank media is more expensive than the pre-fab....and the space that the full-quality dvd takes up is enourmous....not too many people have enough HD space to store more than maybe one or two DVDs on their hard drive...and reducing the quality to fit it onto a CD gives you the same or worse quality than copying it from tape.....there really doesn't seem to be much to be gained from copying DVDs in the first place....and besides....machines are available for that....and what's more....shouldn't you be able to record the analog output??