[LINK] Digital Agenda Act blues

[Damien Miller]

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Nick Smith wrote:

> Linkers
>
> OK, some thoughts about the latest talk on the Digital Agenda Act:
>
> Specifically:
> (1)
> http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,1764783%5E442,00.htm
> l
> About the PS clockchippers: as far as I can see , I was going to say that
> Sony is overstating its case: that there is no law against taking a
> screwdriver to the back of your PS. (And a screw driver is not a
> 'circumvention device'.) It was always going to be actionable/illegal to
> offer to perform this service for other people or to make devices which are
> designed to get around copyright protections (and have no saving purpose).

The modification chips themselves may be covered though.

-d

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