There's already been discussion of this on forae such as Ars Technica (and its ilk) where they discuss the legal ramifications of a developed, researched combination of numbers which achieves a particular purpose or function (as opposed to the same group of numbers which just happened to be randomly arranged and ended up in the same configuration, and serve no purpose other than to look pretty). I think law courts may have a hard time seeing your way of thinking on this, depending on how the case is presented - and whether you can get the EFF to present your defence! (Even though I agree with you.)
_____ From: vijay chopra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2007 18:42 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info On 18/06/07, David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ACSS decryption code? :) You mean 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640 ? In english that's; thirteen undecillion, two hundred fifty six decillion, two hundred seventy eight nonillion, eight hundred eighty seven octillion, nine hundred eighty nine septillion, four hundred fifty seven sexillion, six hundred fifty one quintillion, eighteen quadrillion, eight hundred sixty five trillion, nine hundred one billion, four hundred one million, seven hundred four thousand, six hundred forty. Sure I will, you can't copyright a number, and I'd like to see anyone try and sue me for posing one. Vijay.
