David Tomlinson wrote:
The DCMA makes it illegal to break even the most trivial encryption, and this is what this is, a legal trip wire, in order to receive even free to air, unencrypted signals, you will require a license with hundreds of clauses, and unilaterally imposed. Reverse engineering the encryption (even if trivial) will be illegal.
Do you mean the DMCA? Isn't that American? And what is a unilaterally imposed licence, when it's at home? How can someone force me to accept their permission to do something?
It gives the DTVA absolute control over the consumer electronics industry and therefore the public.
The consumer electronics industry has absolute control over me? OH NOES! Is my iPod making me type this now? HALP! -- Frank Wales [[email protected]] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
