Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-11 Thread cr
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:43, csj wrote:
 On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:57:50 -0400,

 Roberto Sanchez wrote:
  Erik Steffl wrote:
   [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...or else the riaa might sue you.
   
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.ht
   ml
  
 quote from article: Computers running Linux and older
   versions of the Mac operating system are unable to run the
   software and are able to copy the disc freely, he said.
  
 ROFL
 
  Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

 The forbidden fruit syndrome: if it's copy-protected it must be
 good.

Ah, I *knew* there was some reason why Mickey$oft wrote Do not make illegal 
copies of this disk on their Lose98  CD-ROMs.   :)

(At least, I think it was 98).

cr


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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-10 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Friday 10 October 2003 00:57, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
 Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

Or could it be a threat to make all non-supported OSes circumvention devices 
and thus illegal?

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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-10 Thread csj
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:57:50 -0400,
Roberto Sanchez wrote:
 
 Erik Steffl wrote:
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   ...or else the riaa might sue you.
  
   http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html
  
quote from article: Computers running Linux and older
  versions of the Mac operating system are unable to run the
  software and are able to copy the disc freely, he said.
  
ROFL
  
 Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

The forbidden fruit syndrome: if it's copy-protected it must be
good.


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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-10 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 12:30:57AM -0500, Rthoreau wrote:
 
 Also if your in the mood for a little shopping you could also buy this 
 on Ebay.  Its a bug for those who really, really want to know.  Thats 
 right you can bid on a real dead bug.
 
 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11994

Perhaps I should have auctioned the beetle that chewed through my tape
of Rain Dances.

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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-09 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Thursday 09 October 2003 07:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 ...or else the riaa might sue you.

 http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html

Well, it's not like this was a concern to the vast majority of people on the 
list. But I sincerely hope that this copy control scheme gets market share.

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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-09 Thread Erik Steffl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...or else the riaa might sue you.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html
  quote from article: Computers running Linux and older versions of 
the Mac operating system are unable to run the software and are able to 
copy the disc freely, he said.

  ROFL

	erik



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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-09 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Erik Steffl wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

...or else the riaa might sue you.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html


  quote from article: Computers running Linux and older versions of the 
Mac operating system are unable to run the software and are able to copy 
the disc freely, he said.

  ROFL

erik



Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

-Roberto


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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-09 Thread Rthoreau

Erik Steffl wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 ...or else the riaa might sue you.

 
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html
 
 
   quote from article: Computers running Linux and older versions of 
the 
 Mac operating system are unable to run the software and are able to 
copy 
 the disc freely, he said.
 
   ROFL
 
 erik
 
 
 -Roberto wrote
Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

Yea it sounds like we might need a license to use the shift key.

http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1065755223.html

Also if your in the mood for a little shopping you could also buy this 
on Ebay.  Its a bug for those who really, really want to know.  Thats 
right you can bid on a real dead bug.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11994

I don't know if I should laugh, or cry, or laugh myself to crying.

Rthoreau


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To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-08 Thread moseley
...or else the riaa might sue you.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html



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