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Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:17:41 -0800
Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
To be boringly pedantic about it, doesn't the DMCA only kick in when you do something to "circumvent" a tech that is being used for dig. rights man.? (Which is a dangerous enough law to have around ...)
You'd have to ask a lawyer, who would probably waffle because of the lack of case law. But yes, it appears that the DMCA only introduced penalties for (section 1201) bypass of copy protection and (section 1202) removal of copyright notice/watermark/broadcast bit(? I can't tell what "copyright management information" is.) Penalties in section 1204:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.htmlNote that I believe one video signal cleanup device was declared illegal under the DMCA, because it accidentally removed some of the Macrovision noise on VHS tapes.
I believe the DMCA was the start of criminal penalties for copyright. Later, general copyright violations got criminal penalties here: (I think)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002319----000-.html BB _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy, (continued)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Larry Seltzer (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Richard M. Smith (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Blue Boar (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Blue Boar (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Nick FitzGerald (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Nick FitzGerald (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Dec 04)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)