Re: Fox Trot 11-15

Detox wrote: 
peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Dann wrote:

The brain droppings of Carl Fink were posted in
news:slrndnlefl.5ll.carlf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 15 Nov 2005:


On 2005-11-16, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <slrndnl910.mms.carlf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Carl Fink  <carlf@xxxxxx> wrote:


On 2005-11-15, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Advantage #6,722:  You can backup a DVD to hard drive and then cut
a new DVD Player compatible DVD which skips the forced-view stuff.


And thus violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and risk jail
time. --


I'm not entirely sure, but since you wouldn't be decrypting or
playing it on the PC, I wouldn't think that would apply.


In order to "backup a DVD to a hard drive" so it can be remastered,
you're decrypting it.


Previously, it was considered legal to make copies of records that you
owned for personal use.  Did the DMCA change that arrangement so that no
copies are allowed for any purpose?


This is about audio CDs, not DVD, but when it comes to protecting their
CDs from being copied, S*ny don't need no stinkin' DMCA. They'll just
take over your computer, shoot your chickens and molest your wimminfolk
...


http://tinyurl.com/b8jlu 


The current User Friendly arc is involved with this issue.

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20051114

and forward.

Regards,
Dann


To see the extent of the problem take a look at:
 From http://www.doxpara.com/?q=sony:

In particular, look at the maps - since the S*ny rootkit phones home,
it turns up in DNS caches. Some enterprising people have used this to
map the distributino of the kit.

Reportedly, Malware writers are already using the kit to further
compromise the computers of Sony customers, and the 'removal' tool
S*ny put out turns out to have massive security flaws, allowing
any computer on which it is used to become totally 0wn3d by hackers.

Then there are the apparent LGPL violations...

Just my personal opinion:

S*ny has a persistant history of conflict between their HW and content
sides; fear of losing revenue from content has led them to hamstring
their products.

S*ny devices use DRM encrusted and expensive 'memory sticks' which
are incompatible with flash cards the rest of the world uses.

The Librie book reader - which could be a massively useful device, an
iPod for books and documents, allows the user to download only
S*ny approved content, such as books with a 60(?) day lifetime. Its
target audience is apparently Japanese commuters, who read manga on
the train that are as ephemeral as toilet paper. If the device allowed
me to download my own content - pdfs, doc files, html, and flat text,
I'd buy one. But since this might allow some people to break copyright,
the device is effectively a doorstop.

Its sad.

Peter Trei
Disclaimer: The above are my personal opinions only....
.

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