[opendtv] Re: Digital Music's Next Big Battle
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:40:49 -0700
You're basically saying the DMCA case was lost because the rom was not
being pirated, which is irrelevant since Kazaa has nothing to do with
the DMCA. Notice I never said I supported the DMCA, don't start foaming
at the mouth too quickly. :)
Cheers
Kon
Mike Enright wrote:
> LOST. No one was putting the Chamberlain ROM on Kazaa.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/02/garage_door_dmca_appeal/
>
>
> Kon Wilms wrote:
>
>
>>I'd say it is borderline. I'm not sure if the serial protocol for
>>querying and tuning the XMPCR is *officially* available from XM under
>>public domain. If not, then that could fall under DMCA, no matter how
>>simple it is to reverse-engineer.
>>
>>The DMCA case where Chamberlain (sp? - maker or garage door openers and
>>remotes) sued a remote-replacement company just proves that (they didn't
>>touch their 'encryption' per se, they just used a back-door (send a
>>reset command and the garage door opens)).
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