Archives of October 2005
Demonstration against the proposed new copyright legislation
Here's a press release which I translated from Finnish (with proofreading help from Brian Peary). The youth organisations of Kokoomus and Vasemmistoliitto
backing up the same demonstration - I doubt that has ever happened
before. The preparations indicate it will be big. Spread the word.
Demonstration in Helsinki against the new proposed Finnish copyright law
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Tuesday 4th of October 2005 at 13:00 we shall organize a
demonstration against the new copyright law in front of the Parliament
Building. We invite members of parliament and representatives of the
media to come to discuss the proposed copyright law and where our
society should be directed in regard to immaterial rights.
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Categories: Advocacy, Events
Posted by Matias at 01.10.2005 17:52 (2 years ago) | 4 comments | 0 trackbacks
Breaking the Copyright Law
For Sale
Katamari Damacy PlayStation 2 game, never published in Europe, bought
from Amazon USA and imported to Finland with intention to resell.
How to decrypt DVDs
/* efdtt.c
Author: Charles M. Hannum
<root@ihack.net>
*/
/* Thanks to Phil Carmody <fatphil@asdf.org> for additional tweaks. */
/* Length: 434 bytes (excluding
unnecessary
newlines)
*/
/* Usage is: cat title-key scrambled.vob
| efdtt
>clear.vob
*/
#define m(i)(x[i]^s[i+84])<<
unsigned char x[5],y,s[2048];main(n){for(read(0,x,5);read(0,s,n=2048);write(1,s
,n))if(s[y=s[13]%8+20]/16%4==1){int i=m(1)17^256+m(0)8,k=m(2)0,j=m(4)17^m(3)9^k
*2-k%8^8,a=0,c=26;for(s[y]-=16;--c;j*=2)a=a*2^i&1,i=i/2^j&1<<24;for(j=127;++j<n
;c=c>y)c+=y=i^i/8^i>>4^i>>12,i=i>>8^y<<17,a^=a>>14,y=a^a*8^a<<6,a=a>>8^y<<9,k=s
[j],k="7Wo~'G_\216"[k&7]+2^"cr3sfw6v;*k+>/n."[k>>4]*2^k*257/8,s[j]=k^(k&k*2&34)
*6^c+~y;}}
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Posted by Matias at 05.10.2005 20:21 (2 years ago) | 1 comment | 0 trackbacks
Rasterbator now in Turkish
Now available in Turkish also: The Rasterbator. Thank you, Metin Selcuk.
Categories: Art, Creations, Programming
Posted by Matias at 16.10.2005 18:39 (2 years ago) | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
Developments re Copyright Legislation
Since the Draconian law that everyone here except the representatives of Keskusta (Centre Party) and SDP
(Social Democratic Party) hates, has been passed, some quite interesting developments in the
field of copyright legislation have occured.
Foulness?
Minister of Culture Tanja Karpela claimed that a document from
the European Commission exists, which states that circumventing copy
protection for personal use must be forbidden by the member states.
However, subsequently she has been unable to show any such document.
This implies she has been lying to the Parliament and its committees.
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Categories: Advocacy
Posted by Matias at 17.10.2005 21:58 (2 years ago) | 1 comment | 0 trackbacks
Leading by Example
This is so ironic. Former Miss Finland, drunk driver, Minister of Culture, Tanja Karpela has been caught sporting a pirated Prada bag in
Slovenia in a formal occasion. Here's a short summary of selected recent occurrences.
- Ms Karpela dubiously rams through a copyright legislation, which (among other malevolent things) makes the receiver of illegally distributed copyrighted material liable even though several experts and committees held this liability too difficult for consumers.
- Ms Karpela buys counterfeited goods.
- She justifies this:
It is very hard for an ordinary tourist to know which is genuine and what is not. The distributor of the goods is liable. This is something that copyright legislation still has much room for improvement.
- And regrets: If the bag really is a copy, I paid way too much for it.
(Quotes and page image from the 20.10.2005 issue of Iltalehti, here is an image of the article)
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Categories: Advocacy
Posted by Matias at 20.10.2005 20:38 (2 years ago) | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
Of Games and Fame
Yay! In-depth analysis of the little games I occassionally tinker!
GasGames offers a unique take on casual games as illustrated by its creativity in game design and aesthetics.
Thanks, Jay, for the article! I'm honored - and feel surprisingly institutionalized :). However, here is a point I'd like to make.
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