[WEB4LIB] Gray Hats Re: Re: Jack Valenti: Copyright and

[Raymond Wood]

I just read this twice.  I honestly have absolutely no idea what point you are 
trying to make here.

<shrug>

Raymond

On Mar 20, Matt Theobald <mtheobal at ihets.org> wrote:
> 
> What relevance do mainstream consumers have to the access and abilities of 
> hackers (or those who know the subculture)  It is built into the revenue 
> that though 1 billion is lost several billions are made.  I think we ought 
> not to confuse knowledge that truly contributes to GNP with entertainment 
> that drains expendable income.  Big difference between hacking private 
> medical, legal, government info versus someone hacking a DVD 
> encryption.  Hackers white and black are pro freedom of information across 
> the spectrum of ethics.
> 
> Just to play with color theory, both types can have "green" hats on 
> depending on their motivation for using the technology.
> 
> Links: Gray Hats
> http://www.2600.org
> http://www.attrition.net
> 
> -Matt
> 
> At 3/20/01 10:36 AM, you wrote:
> >FYI, the story is authored by, and I quote:
> >"Jack Valenti is the Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of
> >America."
> >
> >So what else would one expect from such an individual but a one-sided,
> >right-wing interpretive viewpoint?  These people are part of the same 
> >crowd that
> >are basically trying to obliterate fair use (that is my sense anyway).
> >
> >The story also misuses the term "hacker" in the abysmally commonplace way 
> >that
> >most of the mainstream press *still* does, i.e. characterizing hackers
> >mistakenly as 'evil-doers'.  The correct colloquial terms for *malicious*
> >computer criminals are 'cracker' or 'black-hat'.  Hackers, by contrast, are a
> >time-honoured classs of ethical individuals who are unusually knowledgeable
> >about, and interested in, computer technology -- that's it.  The mainstream
> >press should certainly know better by now.
> >
> >I think this fundamental error speaks volumes...
> >
> >My $0.02,
> >Raymond
> >
> >On Mar 20, "Charles P. Hobbs" <chhobbs at cdrewu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/546536.asp
> > > --
> > > Charles P. Hobbs
> > > King Drew Health Science Library
> > > http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
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