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Authored by: jasonxz on May 08, '03 02:48:53AM

It is surprising that there are so many supporters of your stance; nothing seems quite as dis-heartening as a media source that is timid to publish.

It is understandable to be afraid of the DCMA legislation, but it is a bad set of laws. It may also be melodramatic to compare the DCMA to the House Un-American Committee or McCarthyism, but it seems to have had the similar effect of imposing rule through fear rather than sound judgment.



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Not a "media source"
Authored by: robg on May 08, '03 10:26:11AM
I'm not a "media source." I'm one guy running an OS X website. If you want to get really really technical about it, there's nothing even OS X related about avoiding copy protection -- it has nothing to do with using the system, as anything that runs OS X can play the purchased music perfectly. So on those grounds alone, even without DMCA, I would feel fine with my decision. Removing copy protection from protected music is not an OS X hint.

When you add in DMCA, it's a no brainer. Like it or not, it's the law. Like it or not, when you publish things that break the law, it only takes one person's comment to start a wave of troubles. Witness the recent college kids settlement -- $12,000 each, and all they were doing was running a SEARCH ENGINE that found music and any other SMB shared files. Given that I've invested roughly 4,000 hours of my life over the last three years in macosxhints, I have absolutely no interest in destroying what I've worked hard to create by posting ridiculously easy instructions that can be found in roughly 25,000 spots on the web already.

Sorry if you feel that way, but I'm very comfortable with my decision.

-rob.

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