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Comment 5th Amendment? (Score 1) 372

by Silver_Seagull on Saturday June 09, 2007 @12:43PM (#19451299) Attached to: TorrentSpy Ordered By Judge to Become MPAA Spy

Could TorrentSpy argue under the 5th Amendment that tracking their users then turning it over to the MPAA would be self-incrimination (at least as far as the MPAA is concerned?)

IANAL, obviously.

I recognize that it would probably mean the MPAA would argue to the judge that taking the 5th would "appear" guilty... but what happened to innocent until proven guilty?

MPAA Committed To Fair Use and DRM 212

Posted by kdawson on Thursday April 26, 2007 @11:52AM from the crack-in-the-wall dept.

Doctor Jay writes "At a LexisNexis Conference on DRM this week, MPAA's Dan Glickman announced that the MPAA was fine with consumers ripping DVDs for portable video players and home media servers. 'In his speech to industry insiders at the posh Beverly Hills Four Seasons hotel, Glickman repeatedly stressed that DRM must be made to work without constricting consumers. The goal, he said, was "to make things simpler for the consumer," and he added that the movie studios were open to "a technology summit" featuring academics, IT companies, and content producers to work on the issues involved.'"

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