> >I have always been philosophically opposed to protection because it treats > >me as if I were a criminal -- guilty until proven innocent by the my ID
> While there is nothing inherently wrong w. this philosophy, it must > be pointed out that the objection applies with equal force to every > manner of lock or barrier whatsoever: What!? I can't go through this Actually, the argument is somewhat more persuasive for copyright material than for physical things. Copyright materials will at some point enter the public domain, albeit 95 years from now :(. While it is very likely that all of today's music notation products will be obsolete in 95 years, and probably won't even run on the new hardware, the underlying philosophical objection remains. ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** ** Benjamin Smedberg, Director of Music ** ** St. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C. ** ** VOX 202-347-2713 x102 - FAX 202-347-1401 ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ** "Soli Deo Gloria" ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
