On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> This is undoubtedly complete bullshit. I didn't know that only law
> enforcement personel are entitled to do data conversion between different
> disk media formats.
The FBI, NSA, CIA, and Bureau of Public Roads (CIA front) all bought
copies of XenoCopy. And there were a LOT of copies purchased by "John
Smith" type names at various other addresses in Langley, Virginia. But
the NSA and FBI seemed to be content to only pay for one copy each -- NO
respect for copyright law.
> Someone better tell all these companies providing
> data conversion services that they are engaging in prohibited activities,
> akin to encrypting your e-mail messages. I can see the day when reading
> the source HTML of a web page might even be deemed subversive.
When data conversion is outlawed, only outlaws will convert data.
> I think it's time for a certain someone to resurrect XenoCopy ;)
Although I am very slow in filling what few orders there are now, it IS
still available, sorta.
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Fred Cisin cisin_at_xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
PO Box 1236 (510) 558-9366
Berkeley, CA 94701-1236
Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 22:54:29 BST