Re: [pen] guh

["Gavin Hanover" <glhanove@xxxxxxx>]

the compression would be the problem then
if you copy the data directly (input $a, output $a), then $a still has
whatever protections it had in it originally
if you compress it down to 8bytes (about all she's worth), the compression
would most likely lose the protection, and hence be illegal
the idea is, if you make a direct copy, you can still only play it in
licensed players, and you would only be able to copy it to licensed media
(ie -cdr's which have payed a royalty)
all which i think is complete bullshit
if i pay for an album, i shouldn't have to pay royalties to make a backup of
it to cd/tape/mp3/etc

netmunky

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Codito Ergo Sum

: $a and $_ aren't digital media devices, the program is a digital media
: device (making the entire computer a digital media device).
:
: Let's say that I have hypotheticly compressed the new Britney Spears
: album down to this data: 0xDEADBEEF
:
: So if I walk up to my program and type in 0xDEADBEEF, then the program
: will COPY the DIGITAL MEDIA and print it out.  In practice it would be a
: lot of typing, but I didn't notice a character limit in the law...
: Hell, there are radio stations broadcasting the linux kernel and DeCSS
: code.  Digital media is a vaporous concept, and a digital media device
: is even more so.
:
: George
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