Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail!

["Andrew Blair" <Andrew.Blair () genmills com>]

I wonder whether the software industry (BSA) or the entertainment
industry (RIAA/MPAA) is the bigger proponent (read: campaign
contributor) of this? Linux helps vs BSA, but if you commit the heinous
crime of fair use (or if you don't own a computer
http://tinyurl.com/kjhdd) not even Linux can save you from the RIAA.

Andy B


-----Original Message-----
From: James Kehl [mailto:shykta () dione ids pl] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:33 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Cc: der Mouse; privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [privacy] Think about breaking DMCA? Go Straight to jail!



On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:44:26 EDT, der Mouse said:
> > Prison terms?  Copyright infringement is a criminal matter now 
> > there, not a civil matter between the infringer and the copyright
holder?
> > When did this happen?  I missed it.  DMCA?
>
> The mysterious 'They' *had* to criminalize it.  After all, software 
> piracy is used to finance terrorism....
I'm remembering the XCP rootkit debacle, where software piracy was used
to fund Sony. (Or to save First4Internet the time to develop their own
MP3 encoder - but applying US laws to overseas companies has always
worked
before...)

And, seeing this was once funsec, anything that encourages people to
switch from Warez95 to, oh, say, Linux, is surely a good thing :)

James
(Curses! Palmyra Atoll is a US territory? Now where can I run?)
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