> Robert Kiesling wrote:
> >
> > I'm not familiar enough with UCITA to argue that. But the injunctions
> > against distributing DeCSS DVD decoding software, and the jail time
> > that the author spent, indicates quite sufficiently to me that there
> > are big businesses quite willing to pay for closed systems.
> >
>
> I think I mis posted.. but it is the DMCA that caused that trajedy.
> The DMCA is the media's version of the UCITA. It too, passed without
> too much fanfare, and now we are reaping the consequences. I hope that
> UCITA gets more attention and action than the DCMA did.
I'm not certain what you mean by "action." The MPAA tried this sort
of thing when CD's came to market, IIRC. I would think that the DeCSS
legal actions are more urgent than UCITA, if only because they're not
subject to legislation. Personally, I think the DVD suppression goes
beyond freedom of expression and is also an infringement on the due
process of the defendents. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, btw, is
helping coordinate the legal defense. http://www.eff.org/.
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