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Re: [dvd-discuss] The 2nd Front
- To: Scott A Crosby <crosby(at)qwes.math.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] The 2nd Front
- From: Jim Bauer <jfbauer(at)home.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 23:44:24 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: dvd-discuss(at)lweb.law.harvard.edu
- In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112162328210.19186-100000@qwe3.math.cmu.edu>
- Reply-to: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
On 17-Dec-2001 Scott A Crosby wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Jim Bauer wrote:
>
>> [No person shall circumvent a technological measure for the purpose
>> of copyright infringement that effectively controls access to a work
>> protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the
>> preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year
>> period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter. ]
>>
>
> Huh... Copyright infringement is already illegal. What does this clause
> do?
It's an attempt to allow circumvention for non-infringement purposes.
i.e. fair use. Of course, there is still the issue that fair use is
technically infringement as well.
> Thats like saying that 'threatening someone with a plastic knife for
> purposes of robbery is illegal', when the act of robbery itself is already
> illegal, and has been for decades.
I am trying to undo "using a plastic knife is illegal".
--
Jim Bauer, jfbauer@home.com