Posted by Loco Jones on 09/04/05 03:14

"NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:aMoSe.60738$sY6.1169523@weber.videotron.net...
> On 9/3/2005 3:47:13 PM, "Zombie Wolf" wrote:
> >But you know what ? There is an old saying, and it still rings true
> >today..............
> >"As long as you can still play it, you can copy it"
> > S N I P >
> > ... Last time I looked, the digital millenium copyright act
> > was still in effect, and that act says that i can make a copy
> > of anything i buy, and that i can copy it into any format i choose.
> >
> It's not the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that allows that.
> The DMCA actually inhibits your ability to do so, by making
> certain things illegal such as breaking copy protection.
>
> You're thinking of the Copyright Act of 1976, or maybe the
> Audio Home Recording Act of 1992.
>
> (I love living in Canada... the DMCA means nothing to me.)
>
> - NRen2k5

Correct, the DMCA is a heinous piece of legislation and still a
contentious
one, but it has never been consumer-friendly.

However, you might want to read Michael Geist, who is keeping a very
watchful eye on how the CRIA is knee-jerk reacting to events south of
our
border, and how the Canadian counterpart to the RIAA is hoping to
steamroll
their way through the political/judicial "system" in a similar fashion.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&It
emid=0
( same as: http://tinyurl.com/c957p )

Bear in mind that the RIAA-member companies are multi-national
corporations
with extremely deep pockets, and when it comes to so-called
"Intellectual
Property" (IP), America talks loud and carries a very large 'schtick'.
Much
of the rest of the world may be forced to listen even if the people
don't
want to.

It's the bastard children the DMCA will spawn in other countries that I
worry about.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche)

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