We will win the cyber-wars with *overwhelming*.... unh... posts.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 — There is open revolt on the Web. Jim Wilson/The New York Times Sophisticated Internet users have banded together over the last two days to publish and widely distribute a secret code used by the technology and movie industries to prevent piracy of high-definition movies. . . . An online uproar came in response to a series of cease-and-desist letters from lawyers for a group of companies that use the copy protection system, demanding that the code be removed from several Web sites. Rather than wiping out the code — a string of 32 digits and letters in a specialized counting system — the legal notices sparked its proliferation on Web sites, in chat rooms, inside cleverly doctored digital photographs and on user-submitted news sites like Digg.com. "It's a perfect example of how a lawyer's involvement can turn a little story into a huge story," said Fred von Lohmann, a staff lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group. "Now that they started sending threatening letters, the Internet has turned the number into the latest celebrity. It is now guaranteed eternal fame." The number is being enshrined in some creative ways. Keith Burgon, a 24-year-old musician in Goldens Bridge, N.Y., grabbed his acoustic guitar on Tuesday and improvised a melody while soulfully singing the code. He posted the song to YouTube, where it was played more than 45,000 times. [..] In full: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/technology/03code.html On 5/3/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
on this topic, the US military is now using the ability to post on Youtube for free by posting propaganda there. On 5/3/07, Dan Scanlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cAChVVVZaM > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
