It's fun to violate the D-M-C-A

March 17, 2008 5:42 PM

What was the wording on this faux-DMCA laptop sticker I saw?

A few years back (2005 or so) I saw a sticker on a laptop. It was a parody or rewording of a DMCA notice, and the general idea was that, by opening the laptop lid, you were somehow violating the DMCA. I thought it was clever at the time, but have never been able to locate the text online.

bonus info: the sticker was supposed to be swag of some kind from DEFCON, but I don't know which year exactly (2002-2004 would be my best guesstimate) but it is not listed on their past swag page.

posted by namewithoutwords to Technology (4 answers total)

The only thing I came across was this. It doesn't look like a DMCA parody, but you can find the full text of it here (about 1/4 down the page, just search for "first amendment".
posted by trevor Manternach at 6:46 PM on March 17, 2008

Response by poster: trevor: that's a great find, but unfortunately not the one I am thinking of. I specifically recall the mention of the DMCA.
posted by namewithoutwords at 7:59 PM on March 17, 2008

It sounds like these shrinkwrap licensed pencils which I remember using a couple years ago.
posted by nonane at 5:03 AM on March 18, 2008

It wasn't a celebrity sighting of Cory Doctorow, was it? The first thing I thought of when I read your post was this sticker.
posted by Gable Oak at 6:47 AM on March 18, 2008