Re: [OS:N:] Re: Questionaire about the support of students rights and the freedom in the learning environment

On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:59:37AM -0700, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> 
> --- Johnnie Peters <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What rights do you want as a student?  Maybe if you listed them we
> > could
> > address them directly.  So far everything I have heard has more to do
> > with wants than rights.
> 
> As a us citizen you are covered by copyright law, that gives you the
> rights to view the data files with your software of choice. 

As a US citizen, you are also covered by the DMCA (Digital Millenium
Copyright Act) which among other things takes away your right to view
the data with your software of choice.  For example, the DVD
decrypting software (DeCSS) was declared illegal because it allowed
users to view DVDs in media players that were not licensed from the
MPAA.

Don't get me wrong, I think the DMCA is an awful law, but you are
imagining rights that do not exist.

Cheers,
   Brent

> 
> That is enough to allow you to study without using non-free software,
> any agreement that takes away these basic rights are a step away from
> your basic rights.
> 
> need i say more?
> 
> mike
> 
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