Saturday, January 7, 2006
Is the Analog Hole Legislation the Silver Bullet to Fair Use Rights?
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "CONTENT" @ 09:00 AM
"As technology users, it's our duty to keep track of the constantly developing landscape of consumer rights versus those of content providers. It's a struggle that dates back to the introduction of the VCR and is still going strong today. The latest entry into this struggle is a scary one and is possibly as big of a threat as the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: The Digital Transition Security Act. Created by Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and John Conyers (D-MI), the "Analog Hole Legislation" aims to curb piracy that (supposedly) occurs when an analog signal is encoded digitally and redestributed in violation of existing copyright laws."
David over at eHomeUpgrade has a nice analysis of the potential impacts of this legislation. I never cease to be amazed at the way our representatives look out for the citizenry. :evil: If something like this comes to pass, our pre-legislation PVRs could be worth a lot of money on the black market.
David over at eHomeUpgrade has a nice analysis of the potential impacts of this legislation. I never cease to be amazed at the way our representatives look out for the citizenry. :evil: If something like this comes to pass, our pre-legislation PVRs could be worth a lot of money on the black market.
