[ale] [OT] DMCA and KAFKA (was DMCA the gnashing of teeth)

[aaron]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 11:33, you wrote:
> If Kafka were still alive, he'd probably entitle one of his novels,
> _Death of the White Hats_.  Come to think of it, that sounds like a
> great subject for another off topic thread!

>  What would Kafka entitle a novel about the DMCA?

This ones' too easy.
The title  would be "The Monopolamorphoses", of course.
;-)



> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 10:55:04PM +0900 Keith Hopkins
> <hne at hopnet.net> wrote:
> > Open-source guru backs off tech demo
> > By Lisa M. Bowman Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 26, 2002, 1:45 PM
> > PT http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946667.html
> > Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, says he will
> > not publicize details about how to circumvent the controls on a DVD
> > player.
> >
> > Security warning draws DMCA threat
> > By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 30, 2002, 4:48
> > PM PT http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html
> > Hewlett-Packard targets researchers for discussing a software
> > vulnerability in what appears to be the first attempt to expand
> > controversial copy protection law to security flaws.


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