Hi Chew,<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/22 chewearn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chew4097@gmail.com">chew4097@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/22 suhaw koh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kohsuhaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">kohsuhaw@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"> <edit><div class="im"><br><div>As for the more recent Nov 2008 DL article about Sim Lim raids that Chew quoted, they are specifically about modifying devices to circumvent access control measures, ie modifying the Wii machines to play pirated software. <br> </div> <div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><div></div><div><br></div><div><edit><br></div></blockquote></div> <br>My point is that the Law could be broadly worded, such that the "device" could reasonably be applied to a Personal Computer.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Most laws are broadly worded as they cannot be expected to deal with every minute detail.</div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">In other word, the decss package <b>could</b> be considered illegal in Singapore (just like in US), because it's enable circumvention of the DVD access control.</blockquote> <div><br></div><div>While circumvention of DVD access control <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">may </span>be illegal, we also know that t<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">here is also an express provision in Section 261C(10) allowing for import or sale of devices whose sole purpose is to control market segmentation for access to films e.g. multi-coded DVD player.</span></div> <div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">My personal opinion: in practice, Singapore is a very pro-business country. It is very likely that anything we do in this matter that would be detrimental to "business" would get us into trouble.</blockquote> <div><br></div><div>In that case, the very existence of TUSG would get us into trouble: Anything we may want to do can be considered as being detrimental to business.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers.</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div>suhaw<br>-- <br>________________________<br>Koh Su Haw 许树浩<br><a href="http://suhaw.teresaville.org/">http://suhaw.teresaville.org/</a><br><br> </div>