Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:49:56 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IBM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211847460.29673-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000120145704.01a24100@localhost>
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Brett Glass wrote: >At 02:45 PM 1/20/2000 , Terry Lambert wrote: >>It is illegal in the US everywhere shrink-wrap licensing is >>legally binding. The "Millenium Copyright Act" will incidently >>make this "everywhere in the US", and will additionally apply it >>to things like videos and CDs. So be ready to say goodbye to >>used videos and CDs if it passes. > >I think you're overly pessimistic about the current situation, >but there's surely a drive to make it that way in the future. >UCITA is actually the biggest threat, not the Millennium >Copyright Act. But the latter is significant too. Is this really in the works? That means once a piece of media is purchased, only the owner may use it, and it is non-transferrable? >>so-called "service economy", where we can all produce no >>tangible results or goods, and get paid anyway. How does a service economy get away with not providing service? -=> jm <=- Actual penalty by referee in an American Football game: "Unsportsmanlike conduct: giving him the business! Fifteen yard penalty, automatic first down!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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