New subject: OT: Re: Interesting Tim O'Reilly article.

13 Dec 2002

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  On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
  on his actions.  Now, the MPAA folks say that
reverse   engineering their
  lousy CSS encryption is a crime.  I think
that's absurd,   and I'm really
  surprised that /anyone/ on /this/ list would
agree with the   idea that
  reverse engineering something is, in itself, a
criminal act. 
 I have to second that. Me too.
Reverse engineering itsef is not a crime.. what you )can( do with
the )results( _could_ be a crime.
--fred