[d@DCC] DRM news...

[tOM Trottier]

Even patents allow anyone to build duplicates, just not to sell them or to 
produce something saleable.

tOM

On Thursday, January 09, 2003 at 9:48
Chris Brand <discuss at digital-copyright.ca> wrote:

> >This will have the effect of invalidating the DECSS type of argument that 
> >the technology to play "legitimately" acquired media was not available
> >on non-Windows platforms.
> >
> >> MS to license Media Player 9 for Linux, others?
> 
> I always thought that that argument was short-sighted (although I'd be using
> every argument available in his position, of course).
> 
> The real question is whether we should be allowed to choose between buying 
> a player off the shelf or building our own. I believe that I should be 
> legally allowed to buy a cassette and build my own player without any legal 
> hassles. Similarly, I should be allowed to buy a DVD and build my own player.
> Of course, not many people would want to, but that doesn't affect whether
> they should be legally allowed to.



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