2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
2:26 a.m.
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
Cool. I missed hearing about that.
> In any event, the DMCA was intended to address not only those who distribute copies,
but those who provide "circumvention
devices"
The
Digital Millenium Copyright Act was no less ridiculous, and is now
Federal law. In the many times that law has been invoked, not one case
has involved the mass distribution pirates its proponents claimed to
target.
Wrong. 4500+ copies is "mass distribution."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/29/video-bootleg.htm > that enable others to engage in mass
distribution. Doesn't it make as much sense to go after those involved in "mass
distribution"
of the
circumvention device, such as DeCSS?
DeCSS was a huge red herring. It was originally developed to _watch_
DVD movies, not _copy_ them.