[Info-vax] VMS License Generator

[George Cornelius]

In article <jg3uko$lbj$1 at reader1.panix.com>, JohnF <john at please.see.sig.for.email.com> writes:
> Right, it's a crime, plain and simple.

In most countries, perhaps.  Even, on the surface, in the U.S.

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There is, however, a constitutional guarantee of freedom of
speech, and many of us believe that certain provisions of, say,
the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, run roughshod over that
guarantee and might not in truth survive a constitutional
challenge.

That is not to say that in the U.S. you cannot proscute the
operators of web sites that exist for the purpose of violating
copyrights.  It's one thing to say you cannot copy a protected
work; it's another to claim you cannot publish a means by which
copyright protection can be circumvented.

I realize, of course, that if the RIAA's members had to
report reduced earnings for the current quarter our democracy
would immediately collapse, so maybe I am wrong and there
is a clear and present danger that justifies a blatant
disregard for the provisions of our Constitution.

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George

>                                         And last time I looked,
> apologies not accepted: Gee whiz, your honor, I'm awfully sorry
> I robbed that bank. Anyway, I'd imagine hp is already aware
> of posts in this ng, and will handle the situation themselves.