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Man Arrested for Modding Xboxs

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A college student was arrested by Homeland Security, yes those folks who are protecting us from terrorist, for modding Xbox 360s and other consoles for a fee and there by violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) . Matthew Crippen a Cal State Fullerton liberal arts student is charged with two counts of “…willfully and [...]

The DMCA Sucks

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The DMCA is the main law here in the United States that is used by by the likes of the RIAA and MPAA to combat internet piracy. And while trying to stop or at least slow down internet piracy may look like a good thing on the surface. The problem is that the DMCA makes [...]

Copyright??

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Now normally I don’t get into politics here at The Geek Review and I do have some problem with how copyright is handled here in the US at the moment. But as an amateur photographer my works are protected automatically by copyright. Now, however if the bully boys in congress have their way, original works [...]