Re: MPAA draft state super-DMCA amendment

Ruben Safir <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.dmca-activists
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See fairuse.nylxs.com and see the journal on NYLXS

I have over 30 papers written on this already.

The underlining problem is that DRM is Theft

Ruben

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:57:33PM -0500, David Turner wrote:
> Please be specific -- it's not helpful to simply hear that problems
> exist.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 18:24, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > There are more problems than that.
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:31:43PM -0500, David Turner wrote:
> > > Hi.  I'm the new listmaster for dmca-activists.  I was at the public
> > > hearing yesterday for the MA bill 2743, the state super-DMCA.  
> > > 
> > > What do people on-list think of the MPAA's new draft bill which is up on
> > > Freedom To Tinker?  
> > > 
> > > The primary change is the addition of "with the intent to defraud a
> > > communication service provider" to the beginning of the section which
> > > defines offenses.  This seems to be an improvement, but I feel that
> > > there are still risks for Free Software.  For instance, there's a
> > > 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?
> 
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