[8016] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: DMCA Final Rule
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Wayner)
Tue Oct 31 13:25:31 2000
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From: Peter Wayner <pcw2@flyzone.com>
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>More to the point, if you buy a Japanese DVD containing literary works,
>such as movies or artwork or music or (given this definition) games,
>and it fails to work because the access control mechanism
>doesn't know how, that seems like a slam-dunk application
>for this exemption to the DMCA for DVDCSS, in spite of the
>contrary material quoted from the same source by JYA in
>http://cryptome.org/dmca-dvd.htm
What is obsolete anyways? The question to me sounds like the one
children would ask: "how old is old?" Well, it's as old as you feel.
Are Sony Beta tapes obsolete? Most will say yes, but I think there
are devotees who will say "No". I know that the average schmoe thinks
that vinyl is obsolete, but I know that serious audiophiles love the
format.
In practice, an obsolete system might be one where no corporate
entity exists that wants to sue. But maybe there could be a technical
definition.
-Peter
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