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Tag: DMCA

  • Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection

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    I have an essay up over on the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing titled, “Production Protection to Copy(right) Protection: From the 10NES to DVDs” talking about how many copy protection schemes also have roots in controlling the ability create content. Simply put, copy protection retains an inherent interest in also controlling the means…

  • PS3s, ICE, and the Cost of Irony?

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    Saw this post about ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) use of PS3s for the cracking of child pornographer’s passwords. I’m not even going to get into the debate surrounding that, because it isn’t really what I’m interested in here. What I am interested in is that ICE is using PS3s for this job. However, they’ll…