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Jeffbx
10-15-2001, 10:48 AM
From Wired News:

http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0%2C2100%2C47552%2C00.html

"On its face, this language would allow a deliberate hack attack by a copyright owner against the system of someone who is infringing the copyright," Swire said.

:disa:
chrissy
10-15-2001, 10:52 AM
how could they tell the difference between a downloaded mp3 and a song you copied from the disk you bought?
Loki
10-15-2001, 11:09 AM
Don't worry. It's never gonna make it through. It's an invasion of privacy and will never pass.
fakesurfers
10-15-2001, 11:11 AM
I think it's a moot point. If you use any sort of encryption (like say, Win 2k's EFS), then their circumvention of said encryption would violate the DMCA. Also, a hacker could acquire a copyright and have free rein.

I really wonder what the application process is for RIAA employees, because most of them are dumber than a bag of hair.
topane
10-15-2001, 11:17 AM
The fact that someone even thought of this nonsense scares me.
Burzhui
10-15-2001, 11:57 AM
Ha ha h, i just want to see them try this ****, my computer will laugh at them
johnnymk
10-15-2001, 12:21 PM
It's really amazing. Congress is considering taking away our privacy rights and the RIAA is still concerned about MP3's. DUH??
BrewMaster
10-15-2001, 12:46 PM
Originally posted by fakesurfers


I really wonder what the application process is for RIAA employees, because most of them are dumber than a bag of hair.

ROFL! Nice phrase...a bag of hair. True.

I agree with you johnnymk, they've got their priorities mixed up. I can't believe they actualyl thought of this crap. Did they really believe they could hack into every computer in the world storing illegal MP3's? That would cost them more than if they just sat on it and forget about it. Stupid people, I'm telling you, the kill me. I hate stupid people. I just wanna kick 'em in the head...whoa...anger mamanagement. Sorry peeps.
PuTangClan
10-15-2001, 02:00 PM
I got a simple soulution for this problem, stop charging $14 for a CD and maybe people will start buying CD's again.
BrewMaster
10-15-2001, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by PuTangClan
I got a simple soulution for this problem, stop charging $14 for a CD and maybe people will start buying CD's again.

Thank you. Finally some sane words! I mean the CD itself costs like 20 cents and the rest goes to the record label and a little bit to the artist. Fuk that, I will never buy any more CDs at full price...oh wait, I don't do that already.
PuTangClan
10-15-2001, 03:06 PM
The last music CD I bought was three years. This was before I got to college and found the wonderfull world of ethernet and Napster
Burzhui
10-15-2001, 03:25 PM
Originally posted by PuTangClan
I got a simple soulution for this problem, stop charging $14 for a CD and maybe people will start buying CD's again.

you wish it was 14, 16.99 most like it
ribitch
10-15-2001, 03:52 PM
I hate them *******s. Technology is here, and its not going away. They need to realize that and embrace it.
zenbooty
10-15-2001, 03:57 PM
Why won't someone send some anthrax to the studio empires behind the RIAA?
theHNIC
10-15-2001, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by zenbooty
Why won't someone send some anthrax to the studio empires behind the RIAA?

because in return they will send some on all the cd's that is distrubuted....and for the few people that buys cd's, too bad for them