Also, I would suggest listening to Bob McChesney's conversation with
Lewis Hyde about intellectual property (patents are at issue too).
Hyde's book COMMON AS AIR is a pretty good read. Neither Hyde's book or
McChesney's interview will clear up legal issues regarding copyright,
but I suspect it might help some with the political issues regarding
"the commons."
Bob McChesney, Media Matters: Professor Lewis Hyde, author of the book
Common as Air
http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/program/october-10th-2010
--greg schmitz
On 10/22/2013 09:29 PM, Greg Schmitz wrote:
>
> https://w2.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/
>
> I have not been following challenges and issues (DRM) surrounding the
> Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) directly, but I do still
> believe it is legal to make a backup copy for personal use (as opposed
> to sale or distribution) and that the law also provides for
> trans-coding (modifying the original form) in order preserve
> materials. I AM NOT A LAWYER - THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. Some links
> that might be of use:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
> http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/amia-l.html [search on DMCA for example]
> http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/copyrightcases
>
> There are a couple of other references that I have saved elsewhere.
> I'll post them when I find them.
>
> God Bless Walt Disney!
>
> --greg
>
>
>
> On 10/22/2013 08:31 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
>> (BTW, I stopped following the Google Gateway discussion after about
>> three e-mails. Hope I haven't missed much!)
>>
>> I just want to throw this out there:
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/138969/
>>
>> Probably people on this list know this, but I suspect most Gnu/Linux
>> users aren't aware that using libdvdcss is illegal under the DMCA,
>> and thus it is impossible to watch (encrypted) DVDs on Linux using
>> completely free software. Debian doesn't provide it anymore now that
>> they stopped supporting a multimedia repository. (Was it ever
>> officially supported? I've been away for a while...)
>>
>> It's interesting... personally, I don't watch DVDs and, quite
>> frankly, I'd rather eat spinach than give another dollar to any of
>> those godless, progressive millionaires in Hollywood. But the DVD
>> issue is make or break for some people. Was telling someone about
>> Linux the other day... he was completely sold on the idea and was
>> ready to wipe hhttp://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/copyrightcasesis
>> Windows drive as soon as he could grab a Debian ISO. Then I mentioned
>> the DVD issue and he dropped the whole thing.
>>
>> Now, though, there seem to be some commercial, licensed players for
>> Linux. I was thinking about endorsing one, so I would have something
>> to recommend to people who are interested in Linux. But I'm not quite
>> sure which to recommend - as I haven't used any of them and wasn't
>> planning on doing so any time soon. I don't want to recommend
>> libdvdcss because I am a Christian, and we are supposed to obey the
>> law, at least, as far as we can do so without violating our consciences.
>>
>> Just more food for thought - or flaming, I guess.
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