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> At 01:45 PM 9/14/99 +1000, Simon wrote:
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> >What has happened to permitting "fair use" of copyright materials?
>
> "Fair use" is still there. They have just made it harder to make "fair use".
>
> I agree, we need new laws to make it punishable for publishers to make
> "fair use" difficult. But I can't see it happening.
>
> Did you know that DVD authors can actually stop you from fast-forwarding or
> reversing through a DVD? This is protection taken to extremes.
Let me point out that this is mainly used to skip the user from fast-forwarding
the intro that explains that the DVD is copyrighted material and should only be
used at home.
It's very anoying...
Cheers,
Ralph -> s/DV/M/g;
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