Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
> DeCSS is a program with no other purpose on the planet than to steal and
> pirate someone elses property. This is not covered by free speech, rather
> some penal code somewhere that I'm sure I'd get bored reading.
to quote http://www.hrrc.org/html/faq_s.html#Q10:
#In the HRRC view, the law as interpreted by
#the Supreme Court protects the sale of home
#recording devices, both video and audio, to
#consumers, and recognizes that the fair use
#rights of consumers include private,
#noncommercial home recording, such as making
#a tape for your car.
so, to put it in another way,
CSS is actually breaking the supreme court betamax ruling
because CSS actually prevents people from making fair use copies.
or any copies. and then the movie/music consortium forced the
DMCA through congress to enforce the WIPO treaty
which says, in effect, we don't care what the supreme court
said, you can't make any copies at all, and if you try,
we'll get you for trying to circumvent CSS.
Greg
