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"LL" == Linux Lingam linuxlingam@gmail.com writes:
LL> dear all, have you been following the controversy of apple's LL> iPod and iTunes, with its DRM-ed and proprietory file-formats, LL> all working nice and proper with RealNetworks. Apple is LL> understandably feeling quite rotten.
LL> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117201,00.asp
What's even more interesting is another thing that has been declared legal by the US copyright office:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113190,00.asp
<Excerpt> Software developers can use reverse engineering to circumvent digital protection of copyrighted material, if they do so to achieve interoperability with an independently created computer program. </Excerpt>
Isn't that precisely what Hymn does?
LL> am sure the opensource community watches this with interest, LL> thanks to the recent controversy between the community and LL> apple, even in india.
Regards,
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,----[ Raj Mathur raju@linux-delhi.org ] | <Excerpt> Software developers can use reverse engineering to | circumvent digital protection of copyrighted material, if they do so | to achieve interoperability with an independently created computer | program. </Excerpt> | | Isn't that precisely what Hymn does? `---- Harmony makes iPod interoperable with songs purchased from Real's store.
Hymn allows "Fair Use" of songs purchased from iTMS and makes them interoperable with any standards compliant software/hardware.
DMCA grants total dictatorship to the copyright owner and imbalances the US copyright law. "Fair Use" has become meaningless. Allowing just interoperability alone isn't enough. Solution is to fix the DMCA or pass DMCRA. Until then only the court can balance DMCA and "Fair Use". Real or Apple may rely on their bank balance take on legal issues, but not us "the public".
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Will Real accept if some one comes up with "Unreal" project to remove the DRM protection of songs purchased from their store :-/
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