Hi The days of entities such as "Omni Consumer Products" are not far away... Dan To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: From: Eoin Ross Subject: Re: [OT]: What do you guys think of the SSSCA? That is funny ... but oh so plausible for happening. All I can say is don't piss the government off or you'll be locked up for nothing - even more so lately. Almost seems like the Nazis finally won the war. >>> dale@BOTKIN.ORG 03/08/02 09:30AM >>> MP3 players? Scopes? How about the digital cordless phones in my house? Does this mean if I listen to music on hold while calling to complain about my CD not playing, I'll get tossed in jail? Dale -- "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly." - Arnold Edinborough On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, michael brown wrote: > > Sounds like a bitch to implement. > > > Under that act (if it passes) would I then be guilty of a federal crime by > making an MP3 > > player for my car - it sounds like it!! > > That's the way I understand it. "any interactive digital device" man that's > a big net. Does that mean a Fluke DMM will have to abide by this? How > about using a digital oscilloscope that has capture capability? It would > *have* to shutdown when applied to the DAC output of a "media" player. ; -O > > The DMCA was nothing compared to this. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads