Quoting Michael Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Because it gets right to the question of whether or not technology can > legally exist for making copies of copyrighted material.
it is also because they happen to care about fair use rights, beyond simple selfish reasons. Just think about it. If the kinds of restrictions desires by the record companies come into play, it will be illegal to copy CD's to your hard drive even for personal use. It will be illegal to resell your used CD's, possibly even to copy to your mp3 player for jogging. There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means, if you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD. I got too annoyed before I could read the whole article in that case so I'm not sure if is was just intrduced, or final legislation. To me, the very consideration of such a thing is just vile. -kdf > >From: "Aaron Zinck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Slim Devices Discussion <discuss@lists.slimdevices.com> > >To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > >Subject: Re: [slim] US Supreme Court > >Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:28:19 -0500 > > > >"Patrick Cosson" wrote > > > FYI...Slim Devices, along with other emerging technology companies, > > > submitted an Amicus (friend of the court) Brief to the US Supreme Court > in > > > defense of the landmark 1984 Betamax ruling. > > > > > > Below you can find an articled from the Associated Press summarizing the > > > case before the court. > > > > > > The brief can be downloaded from EFF's web site: > > > * http://www.eff.org/ip/p2p/mgm_v_grokster/20050301_emerging_tech.pdf > > > > > > For more information about the case, visit: > > > * http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/ > > > > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > >I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand with respect > >to this case (I don't know enough about it) I don't understand what > >financial/business interest Slim Devices has in this case. I'm no lawyer > >and may be a bit dense about these types of things, but it seems as though > >the case is about peer-to-peer file sharing--not DRM (which I could > >understand having a direct impact on Slim's business). Could someone > >enlighten me as to why Slim has such an interest in this? What's the big > >picture here that I'm missing? > > > >-Aaron > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Discuss mailing list > >Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > >http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
