On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Richard Menedetter wrote: > Hi Samuel! > > 02 Jan 2003, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snipped political commentary>
> >> on the paper it does not stifle competition, because everybody can > >> (theoretically) develop TCPA compliant software or hardware. > SH> If someone develops "open source" TCPA compliant software and hardware > SH> then anyone can remove the TCPA parts and recompile it or re-design it > SH> to suit their own needs. > it is illegal to recompile the OS without immediately beginning TCPA testing. > So the TCPA is in theory compatible with the open source movement, but not with > exsiting licenses (at least not with the GPL) > Nobody will ever know whether you test anything after you compile a program, nor would anyone ever know if you ever compile any programs unless you give someone access to your computer files. > >> s> most of them don't even know about the DMCA and TPCA. > >> But whos fault is this ?? > SH> It is the fault of the American News Media for neglecting to publicize > SH> it. On most controversial issues the news channels hold debates and > SH> panel discussions so that the public will hear both sides of the > SH> issues. I haven't heard EITHER side of this issue from the news media. > SH> I didn't even know of the existence of this issue until just recently. > And this is what is IMHO a *HUGE CATASTROPHY* for a civilised country. Yes, it is a huge catastrophe whenever the government is up to doing something very controversial and the people don't even know about it. > > How can this happen ?? > Either journalists are so apathetical, that they don't care, or the big news > companies censor such stories. > > I don't see any other possibility, and this is VERY, VERY, VERY sad. Yes, it is. > > >> s> DMCA and TPCA technology will not be an > >> s> effective preventative for copyright theft. > >> yes they will. > >> EVERYTHING will be encrypted. > >> there will be TCPA chips in the monitor, the speakers etc. > >> So the only possibility would be to film the monitor, or put a > >> microphone infront of the speakers. > SH> That really sux. What if you want to hook up some super quality > SH> speakers and earphones to your audio equipment instead of using just > SH> the cheaply built hardware provided by some PC-manufacturer? > as long as you bought the speaker after the TCPA law introduction, there will > be no problem, because they contain a TCPA chip ... if not, than ??? who knows People will just continue to use some very fine outdated equipment, of which there is quite a sufficient abundance at very reasonable prices. In my area there are some popular rock music and country music groups that are still using vacuum tube amplifiers from the early 1960's. According to them, their audio equipment is superior to the expensive modern stuff. The only disadvantages to using such equipment is that it is much more heavy and bulky and it consumes much more power, and it requires more technical skills to tweak the adjustments properly. Finding unused replacement vacuum tubes manufactured many decades ago is not a problem for people who know the right people to deal with. Sam Heywood -- Message sent by Unix Pine, Version 4.44
