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To: regli who wrote (43090)12/20/2005 1:39:32 AM
From: shades  Respond to of 116555
 
I never understood why Avon kept helping Blake on the Liberator - those short periods of conscience really hurt the old boy. He didn't let that sillyness stop him at the end - poor Blake and those silly ideals.

Speaking of veils:

yro.slashdot.org

Analog Hole Legislation Formally Introduced
Posted by Zonk on Monday December 19, @08:18AM
from the more-jokes-inc dept.
phaedo00 writes "Ars Technica is covering a recent bit of legislation introduced to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this past week. The laws would seek to close the 'Analog Hole' that serves as a sort of last-ditch pirating mechanism when corporate DRM goes all crazy and tramples on your fair-use rights: 'Calling the ability to convert analog video content to a digital format a significant technical weakness in content protection, H.R. 4569 would require all consumer electronics video devices manufactured more than 12 months after the DTCSA is passed to be able to detect and obey a rights signaling system that would be used to limit how content is viewed and used. That rights signaling system would consist of two DRM technologies, Video Encoded Invisible Light (VEIL) and Content Generation Management System--Analog (CGMS-A), which would be embedded in broadcasts and other analog video content.'" We've previously covered this bill.