[NTLK] [OT]Ration your felt tip pens, their going to be illegal!

From: Franck Achim (francka_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 18:12:39 EDT


=ABCopy Protection Defeated with Felt Tip Pen
By Mike Darrah
Published May 17, 2002 @ 11:43 AM

It seems several people have devised a means to defeat the copyright=20
protection on CD's by carefully drawing over the layer of the CD that=20
contains the copy protection technology with a felt tip pen, thus=20
keeping it from causing a computer to crash upon reading it.

The funniest part of this whole ordeal is that under the rules of the=20
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, technically felt tip pens should now=20=

be made illegal as they contribute to the break down of this copyright=20=

protection technology.

In a blatant attempt to show some of the absurdity of the Digital=20
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) many members of the on-line community=20
are now actually pushing to make felt tip pen's illegal to prove their=20=

point.

In some what related news, it seems some folks have also figured out how=20=

to defeat most standardized finger print detection systems by creating a=20=

finger out of Gummi Bears. Does this now mean that we will be forced to=20=

outlaw our favorite sticky snack also?

*Sigh* It seems congress is so happy at their beloved new DMCA laws they=20=

are actually toasting to them with Champagne. Are our congressional=20
leaders ever going to really understand technology and stand up for the=20=

people and not the industries that give them money to run for office? =BB

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