DMCA latest News:2-5-04 Tenneesee about to make Routers Illegal

[EagleKeeper]

(f) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit:

(1) The manufacture, use, advertisement or sale of a multipurpose device, or the possession of the same for any of the aforementioned purposes, unless such person acts with the intent required to violate this section and the person knows:

(A) That the primary use or purpose for which the device was designed manufactured, sold or licensed is for a violation of this section;

(B) The device has only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than as an unlawful access device or for the commission of a violation of this section; or

(C) The device is marketed by that person, or another acting in concert with that person and with that person?s knowledge, for use as an unlawful access device or for the purpose of committing a violation of this section;

(2) The use of a communication device to connect one (1) or more multipurpose devices at the person?s residence or business premises unless the device causes substantial electronic or physical harm to the communication service provider?s network, system or facility;

(3) The use of a communication device that is not selected by a communication service provider unless the device causes substantial electronic or physical harm to the communication service provider?s network, system or facility.

Unless you are intending to use it for re-tranmission or the violate the section that defines what is prohibited.

Section C seems to allow safe use of firewalls and routers at home, unless you are causing substantial harm to the providers network.
We know that firewalls and routers do not do this. The intention of the bill is to prevent one from buying the service and then reselling it and/or redistributing it to tohers who would normally have to pay for it.

 

[tcsenter]

Oh noes! Not Dave's Famous Formulated DMCA Warning!

"<insert political unit, politician, law, or bill here> is about to make <insert computer, networking, household, or consumer electronics related device here> illegal."

Examples:

"Alabama is about to make microwave ovens illegal."

"Oregon is about to make hard disk drives illegal."

"Congress is about to make all Linux distributions illegal."

Try it yourself, its fun!

We need to create a Dave's DMCA Warning Auto-Generator, and the results would be just as truthful!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
We need to create a Dave's DMCA Warning Auto-Generator, and the results would be just as truthful!

They are (in Dave's mind) :Q

 

[ProviaFan]

On the other hand, you seem to think that the DMCA, or any bill related to it, does nothing harmful at all. Maybe that's true if you are (or work for) a record company. Dave exaggerates, but so do you.