Posted by Technobarbarian on 10/06/06 04:21

"Don M." <newsreader@nospam4fineartsnospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Technobarbarian" wrote in message news:ja7Vg.1817$La2.345@fed1read08...
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>> "Don M." wrote in message
>> news:BuKdnVU7YOWtE7nYnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@giganews.com...
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>> > "Technobarbarian" wrote in message
>> > news:lL_Ug.1799$La2.549@fed1read08...
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>> >> <Snip>
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>> >> 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::
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>> 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.

In other words your claim that the DMCA reduced our rights is bullshit.
If it did you'd be able to point out where it says this. I provided the URL
for your convience. Where in the hell you thought you had the "right" to
circumvent the restrictions on the license you bought completely escapes me.

TB

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