Re: [dvd-discuss] SSSCA Hearing on Oct. 25

[steve bryan <steve_bryan(at)mac.com>]

At 4:55 pm -0400 10/19/01, Noah silva wrote:
>You can always include the "security" features in the "free" (and I am
>assuming Open Source) software.  Just make them conditional defines to
>it's easy to recompile it without even having to look at the code ;)

I believe that is behind the theory of why open source software would 
be rendered illegal by this act. If the source code is available it 
would be relatively simple to bypass any snake oil security measure 
intended to eviscerate fair use in order to promote unlimited 
copyright. These measures are, of necessity snake oil because they 
attempt to allegedly prevent access while at the same time provide 
access.
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