on Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 09:16:15AM -0500, Greg Folkert (greg@gregfolkert.net) wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 02:03, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:16:44PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 14:12, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > > > I'm afraid I'm part of the group that just doesn't understand. This
> > > > snippet reeks of security through obscurity for me. If the hole has been
> > > > identified and, presumably, fixed, why not tell people about it?
> > >
> > > DMCA. Nuff said.
> >
> > Expand, please? This is the digital equivalent of the classic
> > for-the-children bullshit copout, or the more contemporary (and
> > hopefully temporary) "homeland security" bullshit copout.
>
> DMCA sort of states: It is illegal to subvert any kind of "protection"
> to keep you out of things or publish the information on how-to do
> this... should you live in the USA.
Good point. Though the text of the statute is sufficiently vague that
defining an operating system as "copyright protection system" is
debatable.
> If you want more info, I'll cut and paste the relevant parts of the
> DMCA. Come on, with the way Lexmark sued "replacement cartridge"
> manufactures because the toner cartridge uses "electronic measures" to
> communicate to the printer... Geez, is it *so* hard to understand this
> perverseness things can come to?
Lexmark lost that one, fortunately. Not without a lot of trouble.
http://www.arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067455401.html
> Again, if more info is needed, I'll be happy to Cut'n'Paste the relevant
> parts.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/1201.html
Peace.
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