[techtalk] UCITA info (was: Free FrameMaker beta for Linux)

Kelly Lynn Martin kelly at poverty.bloomington.in.us
Tue Feb 29 18:22:02 EST 2000


On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:02:25 -0600, Snarfblat <coderman at mindspring.com> said:

>Yes. So now anything that is encrypted for security reasons.
>Anything at all, a book, CD's, DVD's etc.  Are under the exclusive
>rights of the copyright holder.  Not just the content, but how, when,
>and where you can even view the content.  Which I believe to be a
>severe infringement on personal rights.  This isnt about copyright
>integrity, this is about control.

I didn't say I approved of the DMCA.  DMCA is one of the most anal
pieces of legislation to roll out of Congress in ages.  And we can
thank the Church of Scientology for it, too.

Kelly

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