On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:25:30 -0400, Mike Coslo
wrote:

Richard, I loved the "irony" comment, but there is nothing preventing
the product of a piece of software from being used for something else.
It's quite legal, and that's how "things" work.


Hi Mike,

I thought this topic had died a placid death - George Romero (another
PA resident) must have a hand in its continuance....

Anyway, a review of:
http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt
might give some insight into how industry has created their own rights
from legislation called DRM (Digital Rights Management).

"Thinking" something is legal is not always "how" things work.

The video presentation of this written document, circulating through
Micro$oft for several years, is available at Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=cory+doctorow

You get to hear one of M$'s ringer lawyers try to pin Cory down, and
instead become roadkill. Cory rolled over him like a Lincoln.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC