[free-sklyarov] Studios Sue Maker of DVD Copy Software

[Kenneth Burger]

I can just see the defense attorney saying the exact same thing.  Then a
month later Senator Hollings mysteriously introduces a bill into congress
that requires all new purchasers of crowbars to give their name, address,
telephone number, social security number, and sexual preference to the store
they're buying it from, and all the current owners of crowbars to register
theirs with the local law enforcement agency.

We already know that the RIAA and MPAA have Hollings in their pockets
anyways.  I wonder what far reaching effects this could have on existing CD
copying software.  After all, it's all because of them that there is so much
pirated software out there isn't it?  I can just see all the lawsuits flying
at Roxio and Ahead now for inflated losses of revenue.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Xcott Craver" <sacraver at EE.Princeton.EDU>
To: <free-sklyarov at zork.net>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] Studios Sue Maker of DVD Copy Software


> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Richard M. Smith wrote:
>
> > When 321 Studios' first product - DVD Copy Plus - came out and the
> > company sought a declaration that it did not violate federal law,
> > Hollywood shrugged and the studios simply sought to have the case
> > dismissed, stating there was no "case or controversy."
>
> Heh, heard that one before.
>
> And honestly, what's with the crowbar analogies?
> The software should be outlawed because it's "like a digital
> crowbar."  Yeah, imagine what the world would be like if you could
> just walk into a store and buy a crowbar.
>
> Do these people have their own planet?
>                                          -X
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