RE: [dvd-discuss] Re: Correction: ReplayTV: Some Citizens Consumers, Some Not

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mickey [mailto:mickeym@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:05 PM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: Correction: ReplayTV: Some Citizens
> Consumers, Some Not
> 
> 
> Derek Fawcus wrote:
> 
> >Michael A Rolenz wrote:
> >
> >>And as I recall, the question has been asked in court or at 
> the DMCA 
> >>hearings and the answer was that it wasn't an issue NOW but 
> may become an 
> >>issue in the future....say 20 yrs from now. I realize that 
> the courts 
> >>would consider a lawsuit today on the DRMs preventing works 
> from entering 
> >>the PD as premature. If Eldred v Aschcroft doesn't overturn 
> CTEA, then in 
> >>20 yrs it really may be too late. 
> >>
> >
> >Except I happen to have a Region 1 DVD with copyright 
> expired works,  and
> >it's got CSS applied to it.
> >
> >The DVD in question is "The Complete UNCENSORED Private SNARFU" from
> >Bosko Video.  My understanding is that all of the cartoons contained
> >on this DVD are copyright expired.  US produced during WW-II and
> >expired due to your pre Berne Convention rules.
> >
> >So is it as simple as someone in the US buying a copy of it, 
>  then suing
> >'cause CSS is preventing the works from entering the PD?
> >
> >DF
> >
> Is it available on some other media or in some other format? hmm, no 
> amazon listing....
> mickeym
> 
> 

Even if it were, it does not negate the fact that as the law now
stands someone could go to jail for accessing public domain works
by bypassing the tpm.

-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!