Re: [H] Here's a weird ruling from MS

[warpmedia]

I'm by no means "well versed" in copyright law hence the term "mostly" 
because I do not know if there are clauses protecting media that does 
not protect itself with anti-copy technology. Which would be yet another 
artificial barrier to title 17 rights.

FORC5 wrote:
  DMCA does not apply to a OS disk, they are not copy protected so you 
are not bypassing that to archive a copy.
fp

At 06:37 AM 4/14/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with:
That has to be the stupidest reasoning I heard. Never mind that 
drivers change constantly, or that you could use another CD from the 
same model (or image of to make a new disc). It just flat out violates 
the principal of a free or low cost replacement media that I thought 
the copyright law was supposed to be entitling us to now that we are 
mostly prevented from making TITLE 17 archival backups by DMCA.
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Tallyho ! ]:8)
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Sorry the reply is a bit late... as my computer is just awake from the 
crash.