[sklyarov-chicago] Monday the 30th Plans

[Peter A. Peterson II]

Quoting Bob:
> Here's my take on explaining this:
> 
> "
>  Suppose you bought a house, but on taking posession, found a door with
> a lock on it that required you to pay each time you passed through it in
> either direction?  You "own" the house but are denied any use of it
> without making addiotnal payments ad infinitum.  Further imagine that,
> even with payment, only you could open the door and that this ability was
> non-transferable.  Finally, when you went to engage a locksmith to remove
> this thing, you found none would, because they faced jail terms if they
> did so.  Tools for you to remove it yourself were unavailable for the same
> reason.  This is what DMCA makes possible.
> " 
> 
> I am not a lawyer, so I may havwe commited some error of logic here.
> 
> I think this where DVDs and other content are going.  (eBooks would
> already be there if Adobe weren't incompetent.  DVDs aren't there now
> becasue of DeCSS, but that only helps geeks.  For most people, DVDs don't
> represent owned content antymore.)
> 
> I understand that some DVDs show up with ads for 'coming attractions (no
> I'm not talking about porn) that the machines will not let you
> fast-forward over.  If this is true, this may also be an illustration that
> hits home. 

Good -- both good examples. Bob, can you verify the "non-skippable"
previews rumor? I think that's a great thing to point out if you engage
someone on the DMCA/Dmitry/Rights on a deeper level.

pedro