On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Arno Kletzander wrote:
> Even if it's a bit complicated, this would at least allow you to print
> the contents of those manuals the original viewer doesn't want you to.
> Legality of such operations is another problem; I do not want to
> encourage illegal actions. But I also don't want to see perfectly
> repairable appliances go to the dumpster. Choose your way...
As long as the viewer program can be loaded and run on your computer, it
can be "debugged".
That's what amazes me about all this silly copy protection and rights
management nonsense. Ultimately, in order for what they are selling to be
a product that humans will want, it has to somehow come out of our
computer and go into our sense organs. As long as that data goes into the
computer, it can be liberated.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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