__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 17 September 2006 13:46 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Microsoft nastygrams site for hosting FairUse4WM
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | We asked, and after he referred us to his very clearly worded BG4G page
>>> | on Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act on DMCA
>>> | takedown provisions, he replied, "I refuse to take down this file until
>>> | they can prove to me they own the copyright to this file (yeah
>>> | right....) or a court system makes me. If the line is not drawn in the
>>> | sand here, then they will keep bullying everyone around." Our hats go
>>> | off to you, sir.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/16/microsoft-nastygrams-site-for-hosting-fairuse4wm/
>>
>> Let's see: FairUse4WM retrieves a file on your drive (the license file),
>> and uses it to decrypt a DRM protected audio file that you paid for,
>> also on your hard drive.
>>
>> And this violates the Windows Media Player copyright, how exactly?
>>
>> Sounds like MS are getting desperate.
>>
>
> It sounds like when the DMCA (DM? Digital? How can an act of parliament
> be digital?) was created, the actual practical applications were not
> considered. I suppose that this is what happens when you get companies
> writing the laws for your country, instead of the people doing it.
All is takes in a strawman < http://youtube.com/watch?v=5x5SRwFfgrQ >.
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