RE: Degrees of Freedom vs. Hollywood Control Freaks

2002-06-03 Thread Trei, Peter
> Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 08:40 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: > >> OnThe MPAA does not have to 'will them out of existance', or even make > > them illegal. They plan to change the broadcast standard so they are > > not supported. > > > > At least, this is

RE: 2 Challenge Gun Cases, Citing Bush Policy

2002-06-03 Thread Lucky Green
Ed wrote: > At 07:17 PM 6/2/02, Lucky Green wrote: > >In United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), the > Supreme Court > >held that: > > > >... > > > >"The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution; > neither is > >it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its > e

Anthrax, barbed wired gags, stinkin' in Tennessee

2002-06-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Something stinks in Tenn, and its not the Gores this time: Among his recent cases was the death of Harvard University biologist Don Wiley, whose fall from a Memphis bridge in December fueled fears of terrorist kidnappings. The medical examiner also helped identify the body of Katherine Smith, 49,

Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

2002-06-03 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: "Neil Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joseph Ashwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:59 PM Subject: Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D > On Sunday 02 June 2002 08:24 pm, Joseph Ashwood wrote: >

RE: European Data Retention and Encryption for Dummies

2002-06-03 Thread Lucky Green
Tom wrote: > The problem with both is the need of SSL certificates. So I > was thinking of setting up a "Joe Doe's CA". A simple webpage > where you can request a certificate. It would do two check: > > a) check if IP you are using is identical to the IP you are > requesting for, i.e. you'll h

Degrees of Freedom vs. Hollywood Control Freaks

2002-06-03 Thread Tim May
On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 08:40 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: >> OnThe MPAA does not have to 'will them out of existance', or even make > them illegal. They plan to change the broadcast standard so they are > not supported. > > At least, this is my interpretation: > > The FCC has mandated a change to

RE: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

2002-06-03 Thread Trei, Peter
> Dave Emery[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 08:59:43PM -0500, Neil Johnson wrote: > > > Remember it only requires ONE high-quality non-watermarked analog to > digital > > copy to make it on the net and it's all over. > > And that is what this whole nonsensi

Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

2002-06-03 Thread Graham Lally
Mike Rosing wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dave Emery wrote: > >> And telling the public that they face serious jail time if they >>don't turn in that Creative Soundblaster from the old PC in the attic >>closet isn't going to fly. The sheeple may be sheep but even they >>aren't going to acce

RE: 2 Challenge Gun Cases, Citing Bush Policy

2002-06-03 Thread Ed Stone
And in 1908 in Twining, the USSC found that the 5th amendment was similarly a limitation upon the national government, not the state governments, i.e., the states are not required by the fifth amendment to abstain from requiring a defendant to incriminate himself in testimony. But the first 8

European Data Retention and Encryption for Dummies

2002-06-03 Thread Tom
Hi everyone, I've been on this list before, but didn't have time for it for a while. Now I'm back because I need some input: You probably heard that the EU is currently passing data retention laws. One part of them would require that ISPs keep logs of customer traffic. It isn't entirely clear wh

Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

2002-06-03 Thread Dave Emery
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 08:59:43PM -0500, Neil Johnson wrote: > Remember it only requires ONE high-quality non-watermarked analog to digital > copy to make it on the net and it's all over. And that is what this whole nonsensical scheme founders on. There are probably 300-500 mi

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-03 Thread jet
At 0:24 -0700 2002/06/02, Marc wrote: >To be honest, the complaints about this are excessive. The problem >isn't that the TiVo recorded a promotional show, it's that it recorded a >show that has some semi-adult content in it and parental controls don't >restrict promotional recordings. ...and the

RE: 2 Challenge Gun Cases, Citing Bush Policy

2002-06-03 Thread Ed Stone
At 07:17 PM 6/2/02, Lucky Green wrote: >In United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), the Supreme Court >held that: > >... > >"The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution; neither is >it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The >second amendment means

Re: BBC hijacks TiVo recorders

2002-06-03 Thread jet
>Last I knew, TiVo ran a customized Linux base OS, the source of most of which was >publicly available. The recording app is proprietary, though, I think. modified linux kernel + some other bits for booting. Anything interesting is probably proprietary. sources available from http://www.tivo.

Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

2002-06-03 Thread Mike Rosing
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dave Emery wrote: > And telling the public that they face serious jail time if they > don't turn in that Creative Soundblaster from the old PC in the attic > closet isn't going to fly. The sheeple may be sheep but even they > aren't going to accept that kind of nonsens