Re: [DotGNU]DCMA devils

[Jeremy Petzold]

<joke>

sure, put " this is a copy protection measure, if you
work for microsoft, this will not allow you to view
it."

then if they view it we can sue them and get some
people arrested for copy protection circumvention :-P

</joke>

--- Barry Fitzgerald <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ron Burk wrote:
> > 
> > >   If Microsoft execs don't like something in the
> DMCA,
> > >is there something that we can use in the DMCA to
> shield ourselves from
> > >potential Microsoft attacks?
> > 
> > My twisted little mind has thought: "What if this
> simple single
> > logon standard spreads very quickly among web site
> designers,
> > and what if dotGNU were to claim IP in it, and
> grant rights
> > to all but Microsoft-controlled companies, to keep
> Passport
> > from being able to easily get at the customer data
> formed
> > behind this standard (and from being able to
> "embrace
> > and extend" it).
> > 
> > In olden days, it was not possible to keep someone
> > from perverting your idea unless you patented it.
> > With the DCMA, I no longer have any idea what-all
> > legal rights a copyright grants (and many things
> in
> > this area have not been tested in court).
> > Ron Burk
> > HighTechInfo.com, www.hightechinfo.com
> > 
> 
> 
> Precisely, although I'm not sure that turning this
> around on Microsoft
> like that would be ethically correct, nor do I think
> that it would work
> to our advantage... However, there may be rights in
> the DMCA that could
> create a legal shield around the project, keeping
> Microsoft out of
> trying to shut us - or anyone affiliated with us -
> down.
> 
>       -Barry
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