BackupHDDVD, a tool to decrypt AACS protected movies has been released. This is for serious geeks only at this point. But needless to say this is going to cause some conversation. [doom9.org]
Tag: Fair Use
HD DVD Encryption Hacked!
Posted by todd at 1:07 AM on December 28, 2006
RIAA pretty happy with itself and happy about suing people
Posted by geeknews at 11:59 AM on May 25, 2006I just read a interview with some of the folks at the RIAA and like normal they seem to be pretty happy with themselves for suing thousands of people each year. They are also very happy with the way their lobby effort in congress has paid off.
I have been advocating for a long time that people start picking up the phone and writing to there congressional delegates and express how they fell about all of the ongoing issues that the RIAA are pushing that will limit your fair use rights even further.
Until enough people vote with their wallet their is not much we can do but watch them systematically chip away at the digital world. [CNET]
Recording Industry says it’s ok now to Rip CD’s for you MP3 Player
Posted by geeknews at 4:10 AM on May 10, 2006Well it’s funny that the RIAA is saying that it is now legal to RIP your CD’s onto your MP3 players. Don’t they realize that the entire world has been ripping CD’s onto MP3 players for a long time. These fools are just showing how stupid they really are. They actually asked the government to change the copyright rules. This is so beyond ridiculous that I am sure all of you are just shaking your head. [TechDirt]
Banned YouTube User out to get others Banned!
Posted by geeknews at 3:33 AM on May 3, 2006Seems a Banned YouTube user is not happy with some decisions that have come down against him, in posting content that YouTube said violated copyright, while the banned user said the Videos were covered on Fair Use. He says he is going to start looking everyday at content and will go after top posters of content that have questionable content. With the goal of destroying the user base by getting people banned for copyright infringement.
I have a feeling we have not heard the last from this guy. But there are some valid points by both YouTube and the user. YouTube is trying to keep from getting sued by the MPAA and various other organizations, while at the same times users are trying to express themselves through capturing important video events and posting them. [Inside Google]
PERFORM Act, S. 2644 Restricts Consumer Media Fair Use!
Posted by geeknews at 2:58 PM on April 26, 2006Seems Congress has some more legislation in the pipeline that is going to effect your fair use rights. The recording home coalition says:
PERFORM Act, S. 2644 would prevent satellite radio subscribers from recording and listening to programming that they have paid for – you could not choose the artists and playback order for anything you have recorded for your own, personal use! This bill, sponsored by Senators Feinstein (D-CA), Graham (R-SC) and Majority Leader Frist (R-TN), might be introduced in the House as well. It is yet another attempt by the music industry to deny consumers access to new technologies and content, and to eliminate the right to private, noncommercial home recording that citizens have enjoyed for decades.
This nonsense has to end now and the only way it will end is if you stand up on your chair beat the drum of outrage, and call your Senator tell her or him what you think. Fax your strong opinion and make sure your voice is heard. If you do not exercise your rights as Citizens of this great country then don’t be surprised with what you end up with! [TAKE ACTION TODAY]
TorrentSpy fighting the MPAA!
Posted by todd at 2:17 PM on March 29, 2006TorrentSpy a torrent search engine who is in takedown war with the MPAA is not laying down, they are fighting back and I think they have a pretty good chance of getting the case dismissed. TorrentSpy is nothing more than a Torrent Search engine. They don’t create torrents they only track them. If you read the motion you will understand that they have some legal precedence on this one and are likening themselves to Google.
The recent Supreme Court decision handed down on Grokster may end up being their deciding factor depending on how the judge interperts the higher court ruling. The MPAA has been getting sites taken down with their broad interpertation of that same ruling. We shall see where this leads but it is a good battle. [Neowin]
Could your cable company become your DVR?
Posted by todd at 2:17 PM on March 27, 2006Cablevision Systems is set to unveil a test that will allow consumers to time shift TV programming with their regular set top boxes. Instead of having a DVR in the home, you will now be able to use the Cable Companies infrastructure as your DVR. According to the linked article all of the functions you normally have now with your DVR can be duplicated at the head end. This is a interesting development and could be the basis of the ultimate paradigm in that we could go to content on demand for everything we watch.
“The technology for what Cablevision calls its “remote storage digital video recorder” (RS-DVR) “is here today, and in Cablevision’s case, we can use it to put DVR functionality in more than 2 million digital cable homes instantaneously, without ever rolling a truck or swapping out a set-top box,” COO Tom Rutledge says in a statement.”
If they don’t get sued by the networks this could potentially be a win for those of us concerned about Fair Use. [USA Today]
