Re: [dvd-discuss] A good use of circumvention

[mickey <mickeym(at)mindspring.com>]

I understood the article to say that a news reporting agency made use of 
circumvention.

Mickey

Michael Columbus wrote:

>No offense but it seems your arguing for the sake of arguing. Government
>officials and law enforcement are exempt from recourse for 1201(a) or (b)
>circumventions. So someone can make that arguement but unless the opposing
>lawyer has already been disbarred he'd better not lose.
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>1201(e) Law enforcement, intelligence, and other government activities.
>This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative,
>protective, information security, or intelligence activity of an officer,
>agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision
>of a State, or a person acting pursuant to a contract with the United
>States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State. For purposes of this
>subsection, the term "information security" means activities carried out in
>order to identify and address the vulnerabilities of a government computer,
>computer system, or computer network.
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>Michael Columbus
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>Quite right....afterall the santity of intellectual property must be
>preserved
>now that Osama can invoke the DMCA to claim circumvention of his
>intellectual
>property...the sad thing is that I can imagine somebody actually making that
>argument.
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>On 20 May 2002 at 23:02, mickey wrote:
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>> From "http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53157,00.html";,  about a new
>>bin Laden video:
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>>"He said the film was on a CD-ROM, which the reporter brought to Britain
>>10 days ago. The CD-ROM contained a password, which the agency managed
>>to unlock last week."
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>>It kinda stinks that we couldn't do that in the US.
>>
>>mickeym
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