DMCA

[Michael A. Morgan]

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Hi Gene,

	What is DMCA?   Is the decision to include DMCA part of the 
Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) http://www.sdmi.org to prevent 
copying?

I read the following in the animal book,  MP3 The Definitive Guide, 
by Scot Hacker.
	"Holes in the facade

Or so the industry would have us believe. Of course there's always a 
way around, over, or under any barrier, and it probably won't be long 
before myriad hacks and workarounds are created to circumvent SDMI, 
both through hardware and through software. Present the computing 
world with a cracking challenge, and you've virtually thrown down the 
gauntlet. Hackers will see SDMI as just another challenge, and will 
no doubt discover myriad ways to circumvent SDMI's protection 
mechanisms. Illegal? Perhaps, but the fact remains that 
circumventions will exist. With the rising popularity of Linux, 
computer jocks find themselves in a an environment that's not 
accountable to any corporation, and lacking Microsoft-style 
supervision and/or cooperation with the SDMI group.  Linux machines 
may in fact become a sort of haven for users wanting to circumvent 
SDMI. And since Linux is also a server platform, SDMI-protedted music 
ill quickly find its way back out of the Linux boxes and onto the 
Internet, in unprotected format.*

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  * I'm not suggesting that SDMI circumvention will only occur in the 
Linux world; only that many hackers gravitate toward Linux and that 
Linux does not live under corporate control like other operating 
systems do. SDMI circumvention techniques will undoubtedly exist on 
all platforms."

Michael Morgan
handuma.com