Monthly Archives: July 2002

Man I Hate the DMCA

Add this to the ridiculousness permitted by the DMCA.

Security warning draws DMCA threat
By Declan McCullagh

WASHINGTON–Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company’s software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company’s Tru64 Unix operating system.

Piracy-Proof Music

Here's a clever jab at RIAA's greedy, paranoid antics.

Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc With Grooves On It

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope
will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the
industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Nicknamed the ‘Record’, the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc
measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed
‘turntable’.

“We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can access
the data on this disc,” said spokesman Brett Campbell. “We are also confident
that no-one is going to be able to produce pirate copies in this format without
going to a heck of a lot of trouble. This is without doubt the best anti-piracy
invention the music industry has ever seen.”