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Yesterday, I posted on a new technology, called Selectable Output Control, that will allow customers to get movies on their TVs only a few weeks after they’re released in theaters. But the FCC currently does not allow it and the Commission may not grant the MPAA’s petit
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11 months ago
Under current DMCA legislation, if I modify, in any way, my own property I can do jail time.
Freedom only works if it's on both sides of the divide.
Over protection of copyrighted material, by limiting my rights to do with my own property as I will, is equally invalid.
11 months ago
Ryan actually makes this point at the end of his post:
The real impediment to fair use isn’t Selectable Output Control, but the DMCA’s chilling anti-circumvention clause. Software capable of breaking DRM shouldn’t be banned, but robust DRM shouldn’t be illegal, either. Consumers will shun content that’s encumbered with intrusive DRM, and market forces will reward copy-protection schemes that balance transparency with robustness. In the ongoing battle over DRM, the best course for government is to stay out entirely.