On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:14, Bart Hanson wrote: > On 22/09/2004, at 11:26 AM, Timothy Musson wrote: > > It is recommended that the Committee: > > ... > > - agree to amend the provision relating to technological protection > > measures: > > 1. so that the prohibition against the making, importing, hiring > > and > > selling of devices, services or information designed to > > circumvent > > "copy protection" be expanded to cover devices, services or > > information that circumvent technological protection measures > > that > > protect all rights provided to copyright owners, including > > communication, not just copying; and > > 2. to facilitate the actual exercise of permitted acts where > > technological measures have been applied > > - agree to create an offence (of a fine not exceeding $150 000 and/or > > a term of imprisonment of up to five years) for large scale > > commercial dealing with devices, services or information designed > > to > > circumvent technological protection measures; > > I believe that big business, multinationals or whatever you want to > call them,
The Axis of Avarice > who have their power base in the US, see you and I as merely > consumers, (i.e. slaves) and they can see that the end is nigh for much > profit to be be made in any form of media or communication. Computers > have made it so easy to copy huge volumes of information of all kinds, > written, pictorial even video and send it anywhere in the world faster > than I can walk to my letterbox and back. They (big business) do NOT > like this. They are going to regain control in any way they can and the > DMCA is a start in that direction. If they could CONTROL the Internet > then we would be paying a hell of a lot more for it than we do now. The > question is how do you fight this creeping commercialization? Democratically, you make sure that your elected member of your Legislature has the necessary smarts to at least understand the problem. Non-democratically, you support the brave Freedom-Fighters who are so valiantly trying to give the above mentioned Axis a lesson or three about acceptable behaviour in the Community of Mankind. Totally OT I know but I cannot help myself. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
