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Comment Re:Better hurry before the horse leaves the barn (Score 1) 135

by shidobu on Thursday April 21, 2011 @12:11PM (#35895376) Attached to: Amazon To Let Libraries Lend Kindle Books

the DMCA specifically makes format switching to remove DRM illegal as it falls under the umbrella of "Circumventing access-control technologies." It provides for this kind of format switching only under explicitly enumerated conditions, none of which is device compatibility.

Submission + - Matt Boyd Deemed a Terrorist Threat

Submitted by CaptainCarrot on Friday May 04, 2007 @09:43PM

CaptainCarrot writes: Writer/IT contractor Matt Boyd, formerly the man who made up the words for webcomic Mac Hall and who now does the same for his and Ian McConville's new comic Three Panel Soul, was recently fired from his government job. His conversation with a co-worker about a gun he intended to buy for target shooting was overheard by someone in a nearby cubicle. As it was unfortunately the day of the Virginia Tech shootings, the eavesdropper panicked and reported him to management.

That was bad enough. But when he used the comic to document the meeting where the reason for his firing was explained, he was visited by representatives of local law enforcement investigating him on suspicion of making a "terroristic threat" using the Internet. No charges have been filed. Yet.

Matt's interview at FLEEN about the incident is online.

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