MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-07-14 |
| FROM | Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] FW:Infoworld: Is Content Control Constitutional? (fwd)
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Slow readers.
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> Yeah - Think they read anything I ever wrote nearly 2 years ago on this topic?
>
> Ruben
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 11:13:07PM -0400, Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:25:46 -0400
> > From: Michael Richardson
> > To: 'Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT'
> > Subject: FW: Infoworld: Is Content Control Constitutional?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "In The Business World
> > An Executive Knows Something About Everything,
> > A Technician Knows Everything About Something,
> > And the Switchboard Operator Knows Everything."
> >
> > No one person is smarter than their team!
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2004/07/13.html#a127
> > >
> > >
> > > THE GRIPE LINE WEBLOG
> > >
> > > by Ed Foster
> > > Tuesday, July 13, 2004
> > >
> > >
> > > Is Copy Protection Constitutional?
> > >
> > >
> > > It's not unusual for my readers to have some strong things to say about
> > > DRM,
> > > product activation and the like. But one reaction to my column last week
> > > on
> > > Roxio's product activation was particularly remarkable, the more so
> > > because
> > > it came from the president of a software company.
> > >
> > > "We are a small company which does a lot of customized software, so
> > > there is
> > > a difference there between us and the Microsofts, et. al. of the world,"
> > > the
> > > reader wrote. "However, our philosophies cannot be too dissimilar, since
> > > we
> > > all make our money off our software."
> > >
> > > "All that said, I view copy protection as an absolute immoral, illegal,
> > > and
> > > unconstitutional intrusion of individual rights," the reader wrote. "I
> > > have
> > > gotten fed up with companies and people in general treating everyone
> > > like a
> > > criminal until they prove otherwise. I will not allow anyone at my
> > > company
> > > to even suggest a copy protection scheme, because I believe in going
> > > after
> > > the offenders, and not everyone else."
> > >
> > > Unconstitutional intrusion? "Absolutely" the reader wrote, citing the
> > > Fourth
> > > Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. "It
> > > is my
> > > belief that these activation schemes are essentially a search as it
> > > keeps
> > > track of the hardware in the system. It may be general information, but
> > > still nonetheless a search. Secondly, when the software is disabled as a
> > > result of a hardware change, again, this is a search, but also a
> > > seizure. I
> > > understand all too well that software is licensed, and title and
> > > copyright
> > > is retained with the authoring entity; however, the price paid for the
> > > software is essentially a rental price. How often in this country can a
> > > person be thrown out of their residence without the owner going to court
> > > first? It just doesn't happen."
> > >
> > > The reader also cited the Fifth Amendment and its provision that no
> > > person
> > > should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of
> > > law.
> > > "Disabling software when the person has paid the entity's price for it
> > > constitutes the person being deprived of liberty and property without
> > > due
> > > process," he wrote. "I have written and continue to write Senators,
> > > Congressmen, etc. to try to get some action on this, but the issue is
> > > just
> > > simply not big enough or hot enough to get Congress to move on."
> > >
> > > Them's fighting words, I do believe. Write me at Foster-at-gripe2ed.com and
> > > tell me which side of the fight you're on.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> >
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