Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:27:46 -0400 | From | "Dave Neuer" <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On 6/20/07, Tomas Neme <lacrymology@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why, if you let user-compiled kernels to run in a TiVo, it might be > modified so the TiVo can be used to pirate-copy protected content,
1) It may be far more likely that in the majority of cases it will be modified with the intent to allow functionality which has no bearing on copyrighted entertainment copyright or which is permitted under the Fair Use doctrine. Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else on the list knows whether that is the case.
2) There are far easier ways to pirate copyrighted entertainment content (like buy the discs, professional duplicating hardware, and just dup them) which I would wager is what actual pirates do 99% of the time
> which is a serious security hole.
If you are a content company it's a security hole, if you are a TiVO owner, it's a feature.
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