Linux a circumvention device? [LWN.net]

Linux a circumvention device?

Posted Oct 10, 2003 13:59 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222)
In reply to: Linux a circumvention device? by rknop
Parent article: Student faces suit over key to CD locks (News.com)

'scuse me....what, exactly, do you mean by "elect?" I know what "I" mean when I say that word, but obvously the Supreme Court doesn't have the same view on the matter. A Republican-controlled Supreme Court, a Republican-controlled Congress, and a president who was appointed by that Supreme Court?

So, again, what does "elect" mean in the United States? Some kind of choice? What choice?

The wise thing for the courts to do would be to rule large parts of the DMCA unconstitutional. But in the United States, profit is far more important than wisdom. Government is a "business," remember?

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Linux a circumvention device?

Posted Oct 10, 2003 15:32 UTC (Fri) by dooglio (guest, #2604) [Link]

The wise thing for the courts to do would be to rule large parts of the DMCA unconstitutional. But in the United States, profit is far more important than wisdom. Government is a "business," remember?

Right, but as consituents, we-the-people can still write letters to our congress-people. The more emails, faxes and snail mails we send to congress, the more likely legislation will get drafted to fix this bum law.

So, write to your congress-person and senator about this crap! We need a grass roots movement and spread the word.