Re: MPAA draft state super-DMCA amendment
Ruben Safir <[email protected]>
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Discussing the chilling effect will clearly sway the public to put preasure on the Legistlative branch of Government. On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:33:25AM -0500, Dan Barrett wrote: > I think you're quite right about the chilling effect -- when I first read the > bill, it struck me as a ready-made SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit(s) Against Public > Participation) mechanism. > If some corporation wanted to silence me via a civil action under H.2743, the > teeth are there: seizure of equipment; threat of $gazillion/day fines; the > towering cost of the legal representation necessary to prevail against a > multinational corporation. Now, a court might determine after the fact that > "intent" was absent and that I've done no wrong, but in the meantime, my > hardware is gone and the lawyer's taxi meter is still running. The MPAA need > only subject one or two folks to this kind of treatment before one decides > not to put those instructions for booting Plan 9 on TiVO up on one's website. > > > On Thursday 03 April 2003 18:31, David Turner wrote: > > > chilling effect, because there's a private right of action. Taking > > MythTV as an example, skipping commercials could be considered > > "defrauding" a communication service provider. General time and space > > shifting might also, if prohibited by some user agreement (probably, > > future pay TV services will come with such agreements). > > > > Any other comments? > > -- > http://www.offthehill.org/~dan > > > _______________________________________________ > DMCA-Activists mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dmca-activists -- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions __________________________ DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS http://fairuse.nylxs.com http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... 1-718-382-0585