Sweden is now debating that file sharing is legal while our law makers are still kissing the asses of their former colonial masters.
On Jan 14, 2008 9:01 AM, 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]-- > _________________________________________________ > 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 > -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sometimes truth is stranger than fiction -bad religion- http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't think the computers will take over the world. I have a bucket of water. _________________________________________________ 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
