Ok any one got a way we can fight this before we all have to leave the country so as we can get fair use, of things we purchase.
The best example of a law going wrong like this is a Sports game was sold across the Internet and when people went to watch it the DRM keys had been damaged thus people in the US had no right to decrypt the video but if you purchased it in places like Australia at the time you could and do it legally as your owned the right to watch the Game. It took I think 4 weeks for the company to recreate the keys and redistribute the sports game. Bit late when you already know the scores, you can avoid the result for 24 Hours but not more than a week..... As a new parent you will all know how your CD's get destroyed why cant i create a Copy then re Burn it for my daughter when she scratches the CD? When CD's first came out they told us how indestructible they were and they would last decades, You ever given one to your 3 Year Old? All I want is the ability to fairly use what I pay for. I buy computers that enable me to do what i want, Ones which allow Linux, Phones I purchase must have a Free Software option "Nokia", I loaded Python. We must fight this one to the very end if we must, We have to fight it to the Supreme Court.. We as the consumers have the right is it not our choice. I hope all people who voted for him realize now that he is just a puppet of the Monopolistic companies. These companies already have protection under the law which is being enforced called the Copyright law, The copyright law does not state anywhere in it that, reproducing or copying it for your own use is illegal. If i buy a book and take notes from it, write them down word for word i have not broken the law. If i like a two minute clip from a movie i own why cant i copy that section and have it available to play when i want. Why is it that the movie industry here constantly gets bowed to as if they are more important than you or me. What is my phone going to have a Blue ray DVD drive attached so i can watch video clips when i want? This is all about our own rights. Please lets fight this. If this goes through you will also not be allowed to Mod some of the devices you purchase to play content that you purchased elsewhere in the world. You will not be able to purchase things on the Internet , and be sure they will work on your device as it had been ZONED. Being an expat I have purchased so many things elsewhere, what now i cannot use them? What about when my parents or relatives send me items from elsewhere. No more CD's, DVD's, Games? Why because you want to protect an importer here? OH well xmas will be very boring for many children to come, it will only be clothes and books. SORRY FOR MY RANT ... Regards Michael Cole. Have a good day all.. On Monday 14 January 2008 10:01:56 pm Manny 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! _________________________________________________ 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
