> Alain : Here's a controversial proposition for
> solving the MC-engin licencing issue.
> Install a web robot in the MC-engin
> that acts like a homing-pigeon
> e.g. the robot would notify MetaCard
> of licence violations thru the WWW.
> MP0werd: That would be a violation of the law. I'm
> not sure which law (I think it's an invasion of
> privacy, no application should give out information
> without the user's consent via the web),
DeRobertis : It's probably illegal in Europe with that data access law.
I'm not sure about the US, though. It's probably illagal in some
states. And probably in quite a few countries.
> MP0werd: It would end up bad publicity, and
> someone would make a patch to disable the robot.
Alain : You're right, MPOwerd.
DeRobertis : It'd end up worse than bad publicity.
Alain : It goes without saying that we will not do anything illegal. I
had heard of these practices and the recent MS offering of
automatically updating at a distance. I wanted to know more about it.
Whether it was legal or not, for example. Are we just assuming that
this practice is illegal? Inquiring minds would like to know!
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