Apple Uses DMCA to Halt DVD burning 663
VValdo writes "According to news.com, Apple has warned one of its own dealers to stop handing out a patch to allow DVD burning with iDVD on non-Apple hardware." Mmmmm, laws.
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League
wtf (Score:1, Funny)
Step Two: ???
Step Three: Profit!
Think Different (Score:3, Funny)
It's funny how apple advertises with free speech heroes, but then use lawyers and an unfair law to stifle speech.
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Re:Great (Score:2, Funny)
Re:DMCA Challenge? (Score:3, Funny)
Roughly translated: You are free to reverse-engineer a copyright product (and use the method you develop) for the purposes of interopability. There is no "challenge" to the DMCA if it's already allowed under that law.
More likely is what former Apple employee Matt Deatherage (cool name) says:
While this doesn't seem to be a particularly smart business strategy, it seems more likely. Would you *really* buy another $3000 computer, or just try to find 3rd party software for your 3rd party DVD burner? There might even be software already bundled with it!