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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: Defeating SCMS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.215144.12449@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua NH
- References: <Bxn2x7.61@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> <1992Nov13.185500.20300@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> <24192@alice.att.com> <1992Nov14.222358.12379@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:51:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.222358.12379@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>,
- whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h) writes:
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- |>>In article <1992Nov13.185500.20300@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- |>>winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) writes:
- |>>
- |>>> The biggest problem is that it soon will be illegal to build or use such
- |>>> devices in the US. The Home Recording Rights Act is now law.
- |>
- |>So....all this isn't meant to flame anyone, I intent is to just
- |>show that while the HRRA may make a "defeat SCMS" black box
- |>illegal, they'll likely show up anyway. Heck, they could be sold
- |>to anyone as a "PRO" device. There's no legal definition as to
- |>who is or isn't a PRO, so how can that even be controlled.
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- The HRRA contains a definition of what it means by "professional equipment".
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- I'm inclined to agree with you and other posters, however, that whatever the
- HRRA may say, it's unlikely that anybody's going to use these provisions to go
- after individual home tapers.
-
- --PSW
-