does this mean that we can't use de-css software? if so, that would mean that I cannot watch my video dvd's bought from America legally because they are region coded. but my sister in law can watch her pirated one from some sleazeball pirate. That is so inherently wrong. Why punish a paying customer, who legally paid? Isn't the purpose of region coding and drm to make life hard (or impossible) for the pirate? How come it is us law abiding citizens who are actually suffering? Do the film studios know that this is what's happening. Or are they still clueless about reality? Can the film studios tell me why i should continue buying original copies if I cannot watch it legally? Wouldn't it be logical to buy pirated instead? Is this what the studios want? Push the few remaining honest customers away?
Sorry about the this rant also. hehehe On Jan 14, 2008 10:01 PM, Manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DRM Alert! > January 14th, 2008 by Maddog > http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=108 > > Has Digital Restrictions Management (DRM, also deceptively called Digital > "Rights" Management by its proponents) found an ally in the Philippines? > > Philippine Senator Edgafrdo Angara has filed senate Bill 880, entitled "AN > ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 OR THE 'THE > INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" > (the bill's short title: "AMENDING R.A. NO. 8293, TO INCLUDE INTERNET > PIRACY"). For the most part, the bill mandates minor changes to existing > laws on copyright enforcement, fair use, personal importation of > copyrighted works, registration of copyright, copyright infringement, and > related procedural matters. > > Bill 880, however, also introduces new concepts and a new chapter, > numbered XXI, which gives legal protection to DRM measures and prohibits > means to circumvent them. Although I'm not a lawyer, DRM seems to be > effectively included in the bill with the following definitions stated at > the beginning of Bill 880: > > 171.12 "EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURE" MEANS ANY TECHNOLOGY, > DEVICE OR COMPONENT THAT, IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF ITS OPERATION, > CONTROLS ACCESS TO A PROTECTED WORK, SOUND RECORDING, OR OTHER > SUBJECT MATTER, OR PROTECTS ANY COPYRIGHT OR ANY RIGHTS RELATED > TO COPYRIGHT AS PROVIDED BY THIS ACT. > > 171.13 "RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION" MEANS INFORMATION WHICH > IDENTIFIES THE WORK, SOUND RECORDING OR PERFORMANCE; THE AUTHOR > OF THE WORK, PRODUCER OF THE SOUND RECORDING OR PERFORMER OF > THE PERFORMANCE; THE OWNER OF ANY RIGHT IN THE WORK, SOUND > RECORDING OR PERFORMANCE; OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERMS AND > CONDITIONS OF THE USE OF THE WORK, SOUND RECORDING OR > PERFORMANCE; AND ANY NUMBERS OR CODES THAT REPRESENT SUCH > INFORMATION, WHEN ANY OF THESE ITEMS IS ATTACHED TO A COPY OF > THE SOUND RECORDING OR FIXATION OF WORK, PERFORMANCE OR APPEARS > IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC OF A WORK, > SOUND RECORDING OR PERFORMANCE. NOTHING IN THIS ACT REQUIRES > THE OWNER OF ANY R IGHT IN THE WORK, SOUND RECORDING, OR > PERFORMANCE TO ATTACH RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TO COPIES > OF IT OR TO CAUSE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION TO APPEAR IN > CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNICATION OF THE WORK, SOUND RECORDING OR > PERFORMANCE TO THE PUBLIC. > > Read the entire article at: > http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=108 > > Leave a comment! > > -- > Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to > do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II > > --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Alternative Information and Opinion at http://www.phnix.net > Advocacy blog: http://mamador.wordpress.com > Personal website: http://mannyamador.multiply.com > --[Pro-Life > Philippines]-------------------[http://www.prolife.org.ph]--<http://www.prolife.org.ph%5D--> > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Regards, Danny Ching
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