] Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said that HR 107 ] would allow the sale of hacking tools that would bust ] through the Digital Rights Management of iTunes and other ] services if the hacker is using the copies for ] "non-infringing purposes." ] ] His view was that there is no way to assure that any tool ] is only used for non-infringing purposes and that the ] only way to make this possible was to impose a tech ] mandate for copy controls, which HR 107 does not contain. ] And he went on to say that it is impossible to create a ] technology that will permit "fair uses" while prohibiting ] other uses. How disconnected from reality is the RIAA? Its seems if something *could* be used in an unlawful way, we must control and/or restrict it. Congress hears DMCA testimony | The Register |