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

[Matt Theobald]

What if it is a DVD about Rosa Parks?
Mrs. Parks broke the law pure and simple.  That was her point, no.

Hacking is really about methods and not about context.

I suppose my point is that there is no black and white when it comes to 
security.
As long as traditional publishers control the medium, artists and consumers 
will get less for more.
And as we watch the Internet be concentrated to TV-like models s and the 
like, we watch libraries
and librarians become marginalized as well.

-Matt


At 3/20/01 02:00 PM, Drew, Bill wrote:
>I'm really bothered by classifying hackers of DVD and other entertainment
>products as white hats.  What they are doing is not true civil disobedience
>in the same vein as sitting in the front of the bus because you are supposed
>to sit in the back.  A hacker of a DVD movie is not Mrs. Parks.  They are
>stealing pure and simple.  Now, if those same hackers were out taking down
>tobacco company sites,  sites spouting hatred, and such then they might be
>able to justify their actions.
>
>Bill Drew