Comments on: Not all consumers are bootleggers http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9317 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9317/comment-page-1#comment-64334 Reader's Write Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:05:17 +0000 #comment-64334 "In 1998, it gave copyright holders broad power to block legitimate uses of works, even those in the public domain, through the use of electronic locks that impede copying of digital products." Here is an iteresting though: The application of new laws retroactively is unconstitutional in the USA. Then, by logic, the use of an authority (DRM) given by a new law on products should be for new products only. Thus electronic laws may not be used on movies or music produced before 1998. Thus pre 1998 movies and music recordingd will someday enter the public domain while those DMR'd and made after 1998 will really never enter the public domain unless the DRM is defeated and that would be illegal. The question is, is DRM being used illegally on pre 1998 movies? To help us answer the question, let's create a scenario. A new law is passed that states that movies will have only a five year copyright duration. Should that la be applied to movies already older than five years? Of course not, because movies made six years ago were made on the expectation of a very long copyright duration and that justified the huge expenses that were made to make some movies. Surely the studios would claim the the law cannot be applied retoactively and they could be right. The same logic should then apply to DRM: It cannot be applied retroactively. Another scenario: A law is passed that prohibits DRM. A good law. Will the movie companies be forced to scrap unsold DVD's with DRM? I doubt it because DRM was legal when it was the DVD's were made. Surely that is what the movie companies will claim. Again, the new law cannot be applied retroactively and the same logic should then apply to DRM: It cannot be applied retroactively. My case rests. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com “In 1998, it gave copyright holders broad power to block legitimate uses of works, even those in the public domain, through the use of electronic locks that impede copying of digital products.”

Here is an iteresting though:

The application of new laws retroactively is unconstitutional in the USA.
Then, by logic, the use of an authority (DRM) given by a new law on products should be for new products only. Thus electronic laws may not be used on movies or music produced before 1998. Thus pre 1998 movies and music recordingd will someday enter the public domain while those DMR’d and made after 1998 will really never enter the public domain unless the DRM is defeated and that would be illegal.

The question is, is DRM being used illegally on pre 1998 movies?

To help us answer the question, let’s create a scenario.
A new law is passed that states that movies will have only a five year copyright duration. Should that la be applied to movies already older than five years? Of course not, because movies made six years ago were made on the expectation of a very long copyright duration and that justified the huge expenses that were made to make some movies. Surely the studios would claim the the law cannot be applied retoactively and they could be right. The same logic should then apply to DRM: It cannot be applied retroactively.

Another scenario: A law is passed that prohibits DRM. A good law. Will the movie companies be forced to scrap unsold DVD’s with DRM? I doubt it because DRM was legal when it was the DVD’s were made. Surely that is what the movie companies will claim. Again, the new law cannot be applied retroactively and the same logic should then apply to DRM: It cannot be applied retroactively.

My case rests.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9317/comment-page-1#comment-62793 Reader's Write Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:36:39 +0000 #comment-62793 I, however, wonder if it will in fact get much worse, it seems, before dame near any of you will stand up for yourselves. Allready I know how stupid and weak most of you are as you keep buying thier stuff. I haven't bought a record, tape, disc, download you name it in years, yet I still listen to music somehow. They don't get my money. Don't give them yours! Use your brain to get your tunes another way. I, however, wonder if it will in fact get much worse, it seems, before dame near any of you will stand up for yourselves. Allready I know how stupid and weak most of you are as you keep buying thier stuff. I haven’t bought a record, tape, disc, download you name it in years, yet I still listen to music somehow. They don’t get my money. Don’t give them yours! Use your brain to get your tunes another way.

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