Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:20:09 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015446010.a814ee@mired.org> To: anderson@centtech.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: SSSCA (Was: DVD+RW) Message-ID: <15487.57977.914606.803767@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C7FD708.3DE9B7AD@centtech.com> References: <3C7F80DC.B63138D8@centtech.com> <20020301172757.GA421@raggedclown.net> <15487.48787.947758.22079@guru.mired.org> <3C7FD708.3DE9B7AD@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> types: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > That worm is already turning. Take a look at SSSCA, which exists > > because the DMCA isn't sufficient. If that becomes law, it could be > > illegal to buy a Windows PC and install FreeBSD on it. It might also > > be illegal to buy a PC without a pre-installed OS on it. > EEK! that sounds horrible.. I can't imagine that going anywhere tho. Well, I couldn't imagine DMCA going anywhere, either. But this comes from the same people who gave us the DMCA, with the same gigabuck funds, and basically gives it more teeth. If you haven't read it, it makes it illegal to sell any device that can display, store or copy digital content that doesn't include some kind of copyright protection scheme (*); to modify such a device so as to defeat said scheme; to tell someone how to make such modificiations; or to do research on copy protection schemes in general. *) It's not retroactive; any device manufactured before some date that is later than the signing can be legally sold whether or not it has such a copyright protection scheme I've heard it claimed that this is the *minimum* needed to prevent the wholesale theft of any digital content. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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