Common sense is not dead, it simply moved to Brazil
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Common sense is not dead, it simply moved to Brazil
As you can see, this is just a proposal concerning copyright law.
http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/ ... se-on.html
http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/ ... se-on.html
More copyright craziness
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... own-it.ars
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... own-it.ars
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So if the Supreme Court recognizes it why doesn't the Canadian Government?Michael Geist, a Canadian law professor who highlighted the new proposal, sums it up as a properly balanced approach that doesn't buy into the "more is better" approach to copyright protections. "In other words, the Brazilian proposals recognizes what the Supreme Court of Canada stated several years ago," he writes, "over-protection is just as harmful as under-protection."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/1006 ... ight_act_7
Basically if this law gets through I could be fined because I broke the region code on two DVD's we received as birthday presents from our relatives in New Zealand. Both were fully and legitimately purchased in their country of origin, and were sent to us through leigtamet means. And yet we could get fined for actually expecting to play them.
Good luck to Brazil, someone has to see sense...
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True, but after the Region is cracked I can play the DVD from VLC. Thus there is more value in cracking it rather than buying a multi-region dvd player, which is why traditional copyright does not work. People will pay money if they get more value from purchasing the product rather than using it through other means. Thus the way to get people to buy your product is to make it have more value, rather than imposing draconian copyright control. It is called being competitive. I thought that is what copyright was meant to support?
& the Kiwi's chime in
Looks like the Kiwi's are disposing of software-patents, it'd be nice if this sort of thing turns into a trend.
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Looks like we've a little more breathing room in the U.S. (at least where iPhones and DVDs are concerned.)
Gizmodo has a nice rundown.
• http://gizmodo.com/5596677/drm-buster-f ... ns-for-you
Gizmodo has a nice rundown.
• http://gizmodo.com/5596677/drm-buster-f ... ns-for-you
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Apperntly, the Vatican has even weighed in on the subject: Vatican to rich countries: stop "excessive zeal" for IP rights (Ars Technica)
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Vaguely related, Apple is being sued for breaking the GPL by including DRM in the versions of VLC included in the App Store:
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2010/10/30/vl ... app-store/
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2010/10/30/vl ... app-store/