Feds Continue To Consider Linux Users Criminals For Watching DVDs 423
An anonymous reader sent in a link to an article in Wired about the latest DMCA loophole hearing. Bad news: the federal government rejected requests that would make console modding and breaking DRM on DVDs to watch them legal. So, you dirty GNU/Linux hippies using libdvdcss better watch out: "Librarian of Congress James Billington and Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante rejected the two most-sought-after items on the docket, game-console modding and DVD cracking for personal use and 'space shifting.' Congress plays no role in the outcome. The regulators said that the controls were necessary to prevent software piracy and differentiated gaming consoles from smart phones, which legally can be jailbroken. ... On the plus side, the regulators re-authorized jailbreaking of mobile phones. On the downside, they denied it for tablets, saying an 'ebook reading device might be considered a tablet, as might a handheld video game device.'"
So you can jailbreak a phone, but if it's 1" larger and considered a "tablet" you are breaking the law.
12 days til we toss out the Bush Administration (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure hoping for some good changes.
Re:SNAFU (Score:5, Funny)
Re:They told me... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey guys, America's new emperor is here!
But seriously, what's a Linux article doing on Slashdot? This is a Microsoft and Apple site now. We don't need any distractions from our marketing messages.
Re:They told me... (Score:5, Funny)
But things aren't as simple as THAT and you know it. But I guess if you want to post hyperbole as an AC, you may well be better served by... oh cool, we don't have to finish sentences around here!
Re:the govt does not have any room to talk (Score:4, Funny)
Please drop it Gov Romney, nobody believes you. and shouldn't you be out trying to get votes instead of trolling?
Re:duh (Score:2, Funny)
I thought the FBI was there to catch real criminals and solve real crime, not be the enforcement arm of the corporations.
Re:12 days til we toss out the Bush Administration (Score:5, Funny)
Bush wasn't just corrupt, he was stupid as hell.
Re:12 days til we toss out the Bush Administration (Score:5, Funny)
He was the never the president of all 57 states like Obaaaaama.
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Re:They told me... (Score:4, Funny)
I love how people like to rag on abstinance, when in the history of the world it's only failed once.
Re:12 days til we toss out the Bush Administration (Score:3, Funny)
Oh please. That nonsense has to stop. You may not agree but that doesnt make him stupid. Opinions dont rate that judgement. And a man that first goes to Yale and then to Harvard Business School, and gets an MBA from same, is about as far from "stupid" as you can get. You also dont get elected to play on the national stage, first as Governor of one of the biggest states in teh country, and than as president, twice, if you're "stupid".
I get it. You dont like the guy. I didnt vote for him either. But your bias is overcoming your rationality.
Re:12 days til we toss out the Bush Administration (Score:2, Funny)
Thanks for being the one to say it. Although it stands to reason that you might be able to fail your way through the Ivy League with enough money. Being President is a tough job. A president goes in for 4 years and comes out looking 15 years older. Unless you're Obama. Then you've suddenly got time for appearances on late night TV on a very regular basis. Any vote is a throwaway vote this year, except for local elections.