Re: DRM will not be legislated

2002-07-18 Thread AARG! Anonymous
Read a great article on Slashdot about the recent DRM workshop, http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/18/1219257, by "al3x": As the talks began, I was brimming with the enthusiasm and anger of an "activist," overjoyed at shaking hands with the legendary Richard Stallman, thrilled with

We don't need no stinking keys...

2002-07-18 Thread Michael Motyka
if you'll just leave your back door ajar. I could suggest some alternate meanings for "empowered". Sorry for the imagery. Mike http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/07/18/computer.security.ap/index.html /* Tools of empowerment Clarke said the recommendations -- which currently number 77 but coul

Re: Another restriction on technology - cell and cordless scanning now a felony

2002-07-18 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 08:00 AM, cubic-dog wrote: > How is this legal? > > How is it legal to outlaw reception of radio > transmissions under the FCC act of 1934? > > I have never understood this. I keep expecting at > some point, someone will somehow come up with a > good reason to take

Re: Another restriction on technology - cell and cordless scanning now a felony

2002-07-18 Thread cubic-dog
How is this legal? How is it legal to outlaw reception of radio transmissions under the FCC act of 1934? I have never understood this. I keep expecting at some point, someone will somehow come up with a good reason to take a monitoring claim to the US supreme court and get all these laws tos

Re: CNN.com - Hackers help counter Net censorship - July 15, 2002 (fwd)

2002-07-18 Thread jayh
Previous message got lost in the ether (I think). Does anyone know what happened to this site? After all the buildup it seem unaccessiblej j On 15 Jul 2002 at 16:36, Jim Choate wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/07/15/censorship.reut/index.html > > > -- > ___

Phone companies to violate your privacy more.

2002-07-18 Thread Trei, Peter
Do you have a 'reduced expectation of privacy'? Well, FCC Chairman Michael Powell thinks you do, and that this justifies letting the telcos sell your detailed call information (whom you call, when, and for how long) to 'affiliates', without bothering to ask you first. It's explicitly an opt-out

Gilmore Sues on FAA ID

2002-07-18 Thread John Young
John Gilmore initiated a federal suit today in CA Northern District against Ashcroft, et al, challenging the air travel ID requirement: http://cryptome.org/freetotravel.htm

Re: Which universe are we in? (tossing tennis balls into spinning props)

2002-07-18 Thread drs
On n Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 11:02 Tim May wrote: >On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Peter Fairbrother wrote: >> Oh dear. QM does rule out internal states. I didn't think I would >> have to explain why I capitalised "Bell", but perhaps it was a bit >> too subtle. Google "Bell" and

Re: RIAA escalates attack on music piracy, wants "broadcast flag"

2002-07-18 Thread jamesd
---- > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944640.html?tag=politech > > RIAA talks tough on Web radio copying By Declan McCullagh > July 17, 2002, 4:50 PM PT > > WASHINGTON--The Recording Industry Association of America > said Wednesday that it has begun pressing for anti-copyi