According to the DMCA, circumventing encryption without the encryptor's approval is a crime. DeCSS does exactly that. By decrypting DVD's without using code that was approved by a member of the MPAA (whether you use DeCSS or some other "thing"), you are violating the DMCA.
As far as P2P, there are a lot of artists out there that want their music on Napster, Audio Galaxy, Gnutella, KaZaa, etc. (Tom Smith even wrote a tune about it, called "I Want My Music on Napster". Guess how I downloaded it?) P2P provides an alternative outlet, away from the RIAA's choke-hold, that gives easy exposure to lots of musicians. The same will soon happen for independent movie-makers as well. If the RIAA and the MPAA have their way, P2P would be destroyed, and then they will have the sole means of public exposure. Of course, that's what they want. But the truth of how they coerce their artists into oppressive long-term contracts is finally coming to the fore. They are becoming paranoid, and starting to exhibit the same fear Microsoft had towards Linux five years ago.
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Posted by: gus3 on July 18, 2002 01:30 PMAs far as P2P, there are a lot of artists out there that want their music on Napster, Audio Galaxy, Gnutella, KaZaa, etc. (Tom Smith even wrote a tune about it, called "I Want My Music on Napster". Guess how I downloaded it?) P2P provides an alternative outlet, away from the RIAA's choke-hold, that gives easy exposure to lots of musicians. The same will soon happen for independent movie-makers as well. If the RIAA and the MPAA have their way, P2P would be destroyed, and then they will have the sole means of public exposure. Of course, that's what they want. But the truth of how they coerce their artists into oppressive long-term contracts is finally coming to the fore. They are becoming paranoid, and starting to exhibit the same fear Microsoft had towards Linux five years ago.
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