| Jeff Abrahamson on Sun, 4 May 2003 16:04:08 -0400 |
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Because a bad law (the DMCA?) gives people the write to certain self remedies. If your client doesn't pay your bill, you can remotely disable their system. What they are proposing to do probably isn't legal, but may be defended under that law. I went to a talk last year by Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig. He made an interesting point by asking the audience (all ubernerds) for a show of hands, how many had contributed money to the EFF in the past year. Then he asked how many had given the EFF more than they'd given their phone company. (He was discussing how ISP's are becoming more and more powerful, here it's about the music industry.) -Jeff On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 02:02:57PM -0400, Paul wrote: > [36 lines, 140 words, 1227 characters] Top characters: _ntielos > > That sounds like a great job. Get paid to legally hack and crack. Hmm. > Why is it legal for a record company while the individual would get > thrown in jail? > > > > > > The New York Times, May 4, 2003 > > Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy > > By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN > > > > Some of the world's biggest record companies, facing rampant > > online piracy, are quietly financing the development and testing > > of software programs that would sabotage the computers and > > Internet connections of people who download pirated music, > > according to industry executives. > > > > ... > > > > http://cryptome.org/riaa-kill.htm Attachment:
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