> I say it's time to take back our rights. This has gone way to far if we > think we are not even entitled to make a backup copy of a DVD that we > paid for, even when we aren't going to decrypt the dumb CSS or anything. > > We need to do something before it is too late. I'm not saying we should > be allowed to download something we haven't paid for (although I don't > agree that the punishment they are handing out right now really fits the > crime), but why should big corporations be allowed to abuse copyright > law the point that it takes away our fair use rights? It's outrageous! > And most of us are letting them get away with it without raising an > eyebrow!
I agree we need to do something, although, I'm not completely sure what we *can* do... I personally don't think that writing to our senator (*cough*) or representatives will fix the problem... I've tried to tell people about the laws and the stupidity of them, but a lot of people outside the tech world don't see what's so bad about the DMCA... ~Erin -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
