10-26-2012, 07:52 PM | #46 | |
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More seriously, none of the millions of incarcerated Americans are in the slammer for rooting their Kindles, and this will continue to be. I have an extremely hard time seeing middle class hardware hackers as a persecuted minority. |
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10-26-2012, 07:58 PM | #47 | |
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That wasn't for hardware hacking, but for busting the encryption on Adobe PDF files. So Apprentice Alf is right to be wary. Last edited by rkomar; 10-26-2012 at 08:01 PM. |
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10-26-2012, 08:22 PM | #48 | |
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Your best counter-example to my claim about eReader hacking is someone acquitted five years before the first Kindle was introduced?
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10-26-2012, 08:42 PM | #49 | |
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10-26-2012, 09:46 PM | #50 | |
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When a big corporation wants something done, the government becomes more interested than it otherwise might be in these cases. |
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10-27-2012, 01:39 AM | #51 | |
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The usual exception given is "falsely shouting fire" in a crowded theater where the resulting turmoil might bring immediate danger to people. Freedom of speech doesn't mean that you can coax or trick people into criminal activity (like a contract murder), or use the freedom of speech to commit that kind of activity (fraud) yourself. |
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10-27-2012, 08:21 AM | #52 |
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10-27-2012, 12:27 PM | #53 |
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The name JAILBREAKING should give folks an idea that it IS ILLEGAL!
I wish the goverment would work on removing Porn & How to Make a Bomb web sites & books than to worry IF some one it changing software on an ereader... Cause really which is more dangerous |
10-27-2012, 01:03 PM | #54 | |
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I have a big iTunes library with hundred's of bought apps but I abandoned it anyway, not many people can bring themselves to do that and in essence they are locked in. |
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10-27-2012, 01:51 PM | #55 |
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Too late by years. In 2008 a school teacher confiscated linux CDs being given away by a student, not because of class disruption or anything similar, but because they were "illegal". To be fair, the teacher eventually admitted the error of her ways, but willful ignorance of facts by those in authority is a very real problem.
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10-27-2012, 01:54 PM | #56 | |
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10-27-2012, 03:22 PM | #57 |
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Thank you WillysJeepMan. If you are really serious of going to war with the IP Jihadists, unsubscribe from Netflix, Prime, Cable, et al. Put an antenna on your roof and make a statement
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10-27-2012, 03:26 PM | #58 |
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I'd suggest getting one of those omnidirectional ones that go in the attic. Antennas on the roof are lightning magnets.
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10-27-2012, 04:48 PM | #59 |
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Depends on your situation. I have a very directional UHF antenna coupled with a less directional vhf antenna in my attic. I sacrifice a little signal loss by being lower than my roof and going through a wall, but have less weather/lightning concerns and much easier maintenance.
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10-27-2012, 05:21 PM | #60 | |
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It is a complete farce that the DMCA restricts everyone's' freedom to use their own purchases to such an extent that the Librarian of Congress has to grant exemptions to allow people to do things that no one thinks are morally wrong. It is even more of a farce that those exemptions seem so arbitrary. Last edited by Ninjalawyer; 10-27-2012 at 05:28 PM. |
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