Posted by Don M. on 10/06/06 03:27

"Technobarbarian" wrote in message news:ja7Vg.1817$La2.345@fed1read08...
>
> "Don M." wrote in message news:BuKdnVU7YOWtE7nYnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@giganews.com...
> >
> > "Technobarbarian" wrote in message news:lL_Ug.1799$La2.549@fed1read08...
> >>
> >> <Snip>
> >>
> >> As has been pointed out here numerous time you only buy a license. If
> >> you don't like what they're selling don't buy it. You're claiming "rights"
> >> that you never had. Your "rights" have stayed the same, the licenses are
> >> changing.
> >>
> >
> > Clearly, your rights have not stayed the same. New restrictions and
> > penalties, such as
> > those imposed under the DMCA, also apply to digital sound recordings in
> > existence before
> > the law was/is passed. Thus if your "changing licenses" affect a product
> > after its
> > purchase, then your rights to the product have not stayed the same.
>
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c105:6:./temp/~c105Y8LNId::
>
> Wanna show me where your RIGHTS changed?
>
> TB
>
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I don't know what that url is for. One needs to know only that the legislation was passed
to regulate people's actions, as laws often do. Once your actions are regulated, your
rights have changed. Since you want examples, read the section on circumvention in Title
17 of the US Code and study its implications.


Don

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