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A Case of Piracy Overkill?
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:15:23 -0500
I agree djf Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:58:39 -0500 To: undisclosed-recipient:; From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: A Case of Piracy Overkill? A Case of Piracy Overkill? By Kim Zetter 02:00 AM Oct. 27, 2003 PT Critics of proposed Federal Communications Commission rules designed to prevent consumers from redistributing copies of digital television shows on the Internet say the move won't stop piracy but will curtail technological innovation and the "fair use" of content. The new rules , expected to win approval this week, mandate that devices capable of receiving digital signals -- including TVs, digital recording devices or computers containing a broadcast card -- be able to detect a broadcast flag encoded in the bit stream. The flag would allow users to copy and view digital content on any system in their home network, but would not allow them to upload the content to the Internet. Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said the movie industry fought in court for eight years to try to make it illegal for users to copy TV shows with their VCR. He said the industry is simply trying to find new ways to encroach on fair use, an individual's right to use copyright material in a reasonable manner without the consent of the copyright owner. ... http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60947,00.html ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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