Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

Ted Roche tedroche at tedroche.com
Tue Mar 27 10:42:41 EDT 2007


Travis Roy wrote:

> I think DMCA is fair game. 

I've got better things to do than to be the mailing list Nazi (Hah!
Goodwin's Law!) and won't meta-debate what can or can't be posted, But
advocating illegal activities no matter how offensive the law is
something that can get the list in trouble. Not from me, but from some
overzealous enforcer who orders a chilling-effects takedown
(http://www.chillingeffects.org) or seizure. I've got better things to
do than to try to get our server un-impounded, too.

Saying you think DMCA is dumb is your opinion. We ought to discuss on
the list what we laymen understand about copyright, about releasing
software under the free licenses, and some of the intricacies of working
with the copywritten or patented works of others. However, pointing to
software that breaks copy protection (like holding down the shift key)
can be considered a violation of the DMCA, so I don't think we need to
do that on the list.

If you'd like to exercise Civil Disobedience, please do it on your
server. I might even contribute to your bail fund.

And, please, call or write your congress(wo)men. Support organizations
that support your point of view and lobby for change. Be grateful to
live in a country where laws can be changed (despite the challenges of
going up against intrenched and enriched industries). That's where
change has to happen, not here.

-- 
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com


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