Interesting Tim O'Reilly article.

From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com>
Date: Fri Dec 13 11:58:01 2002

And, though the US carries a pretty big stick, the rest of the world doesn't
necessarily follow the US direction on the DCMA and the new Mickey Mouse
copyright laws.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: John Allain [mailto:allain_at_panix.com]
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:37 AM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Re: Interesting Tim O'Reilly article.


> Reverse engineering itself is not a crime.

Agree, but...
The whole notion of what crimes are with a Software
entity is too nebulous. That's why the the
Son-of-a-Lawyer has made so much money testing the
boundaries of Pseudo law, and winning. This is a new
industry and things haven't totally jelled yet.

John A.
Received on Fri Dec 13 2002 - 11:58:01 GMT