By Declan McCullagh
Published: Thursday 13 May 2004
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Name
Russell McOrmond
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
FLOSS consultant (policy, software)
Comment
We are talking about excercising and protecting our right as citizens to own property. This is not about cracking legitimate security any more than fixing our car to ensure that we can make a right-turn without the permission of the car manufacturer would be cracking.
The USA's DMCA is not a protection of legitimate copyright rights, but an infringement of property rights.
It is about time that people recognized that *we the people* are the rights holders, and that translated to Valenti's type of language that "Digital Rights Management is Theft".
Why word it that the US is considering "legalising...
Doug K.
Doug -
Hacking is defined as "To gain access to (...
Angus Doyle
Angus
As I am sure you know there are many defi...
Doug K
We are talking about excercising and protecting ou...
Russell McOrmond
This isn't Hacking. Its Social Enginering, Its Cra...
Major Tom
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