Posted by GMAN on 02/23/06 06:13

In article <1140672127.869201.230620@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Jeff Rife wrote:
>> Goro (evilninjax@yahoo.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> > They claimed that Samsung's DVD players allowed consumers to avoid
>> > encryption features that prevent unauthorized duplication and demanded
>> > a recall of all the problematic products, Bloomberg said.
>>
>> This is a *great* lawsuit for the consumer.
>>
>> The Samsung player merely allows HDCP to be turned off. The movie studios
>> will have to prove that HDCP actually could "prevent unauthorized
>> duplication" in order to win their case.
>>
>> If they can't, then it would no longer be even a hint of a DMCA violation
>> to disable HDCP, because DMCA only protects systems that prevent
>> duplication...not those that prevent "unauthorized viewing".
>
>of course, the great part is that they "demand a recall of the
>problematic product"... which is a no-longer produced item....
>erhmmm...
>
>-goro-
>
LMAO, like they can force a consumer to give up THEIR own property.

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