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Comment: Re:confused (Score 1) 61

by Shagg (#43688073) Attached to: Copyright Squabble Threatens Accessibility Boost for the Blind

The MPAA/RIAA/AAP/etc. aren't naive enough to think that DRM is actually going to completely stop piracy.

The MPAA/RIAA don't use DRM to stop piracy (it's actually useless for stopping piracy), that's just a red herring to justify using it. The real goal with DRM is to eliminate fair use and first sale.

Comment: Text file "evidence" (Score 1) 156

by Shagg (#43581897) Attached to: MPAA Executive Tampers With Evidence In Piracy Case

I'm still trying to figure out how a trivially editable text file can be used as "evidence". It's basically just their word against yours, does it really make a difference if they write their word down on a piece of paper? What's to stop them from just creating "log files" that say anything they want?

Comment: Re:I'm surprised... (Score 1) 424

by Shagg (#43393403) Attached to: Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control

It was impossible to fully secure the weapon without first disabling that safety system.

It's obvious that the operator was not capable of fully securing the weapon, and had no business trying to do so. A lot of the blame belongs on the gun owner for improperly securing the weapon in the first place, but the babysitter should have never touched it.

Comment: Re:Let's look at this more closely (Score 1) 294

by Shagg (#43342135) Attached to: Judge Rules That Resale of MP3s Violates Copyright Law

there is a special statutory exception that explicitly allows this if you are the legitimate owner of a copy of a program

See above.

Making a copy so that you can sell it and then keeping the original, is obviously bad. However, making a necessary copy in order to sell it and not keeping the original shouldn't be any different than other forms of first sale.

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