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At least circumvention of digital locks is closer to being related to hacking than it is to copyright infringment.
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How is it circumvention when the digital "locks" are about as effective at actually locking something as the "Do not remove this tag" mattress tag?
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Hmmm...people with buggy software on pacemakers are forbidden from circumventing the DMCA? Can people look at the software used in medical equipment to make sure it is safe? would that be a crime?
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It's about as secure as a sticker with 'lock' printed on it. One could peel off the sticker with no effort (in order to show it to somebody and say "what's this supposed to be?") and they've magically...
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How is it not? Likewise, I challenge anyone to prove that the tooth fairy *doesn't* exist.
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So if I prohibit people from saving the photos on my site locally with my TOS and then 'enforce' this by disabling the right click menu with JavaScript, does this mean anyone running a browser without...
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They might deserve a bitch-slap, but they got new laws. The fault lies with the legislation, not with the fact that some circumvention is dead easy.
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So where does that leave people who don't have a static IP account through their ISP? If they blocked me and the power goes out, when my modem reboots, it gets a new IP address. Have I now circumvented...
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I challenge anyone to prove that if something was done easily, that means it was never done at all.
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If you want to assert something, whether it's a claim that changing IP addresses is "hacking" or that tooth fairies exist or whatever, people may you to provide some kind of evidence beyond "prove that...
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So if I prohibit people from saving the photos on my site locally with my TOS and then 'enforce' this by disabling the right click menu with JavaScript, does this mean anyone running a browser without...
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I'm not doubting you here but, if you can, please provide citations for the comment about "prohibiting the distribution of browsers in the US with "save" features". I find this level of idiocy very...
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I didn't ask for proof that it isn't, I asked for any possible theory as to how it might now be, since I couldn't think of one.
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(with original the "how is it not" statement) with the (intended sarcastically) "I challenge" statement, the evidence is included. It is a simple contradiction. We are not talking bout hacking, but...
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I've made this comment a few times calling all DRM a "wax seal". What gives the wax seal teeth is the government allowing companies to enforce it. While DRM does nothing to stop copying, it gives...
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At least circumvention of digital locks is closer to being related to hacking than it is to copyright infringment.
View ArticleRe: Circum my vent!
How is it circumvention when the digital "locks" are about as effective at actually locking something as the "Do not remove this tag" mattress tag?
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