Re: Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

2007-03-27 Thread Ted Roche
Travis Roy wrote: > I think DMCA is fair game. I've got better things to do than to be the mailing list Nazi (Hah! Goodwin's Law!) and won't meta-debate what can or can't be posted, But advocating illegal activities no matter how offensive the law is something that can get the list in trouble. N

Re: Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
Expressions of your opinion on the DMCA, the Sonny Bono Copyright Act, your interpretation of Sony/Betamax and so forth are political and just lead to a lot of wasted air, imo. If you want to express those opinions, and I do regularly, I aim at my congresspeople and at funding the organizati

Re: Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows

2007-03-26 Thread Ted Roche
Travis Roy wrote: >> Let's focus our discussions on Linux and Free/Open Source Software and >> not on proprietary multimedia. There are plenty of other forums for that. > > To be fair, I do think copyright issues are something that is up for > discussion. After all, it does effect Free/Open Sourc

Re: Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center))

2007-03-26 Thread Ben Scott
On 3/26/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To be fair, I do think copyright issues are something that is up for discussion. After all, it does effect Free/Open Source Software quite a bit. If you or anyone else wants to discuss what law or policy *should* be, and why, go right ahead.

Copyright Issues (Was: Re: Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center))

2007-03-26 Thread Travis Roy
I don't recall the "giving it to a friend" portion of the decision, and the slippery slope of two friends, four friends, putting it on the web site, popping it up on BitTorrent likely crosses the line, somewhere. I agree with this.. Even when people were saying making mix tapes for friends