Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Sunday 13 May 2007 00:09 \__
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> iPod, iTunes cited in new legal filing against Apple
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The DMCA, signed into law in 1998, makes it illegal to manufacture
>>> | products that are designed to circumvent copy protection. Accordingly,
>>> | MRT has filed Cease and Desist letters against Apple, Microsoft,
>>> | Adobe and Real to stop production or sale of products that
>>> | infringe on the DMCA.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070510/tc_macworld/mrt20070510;_ylt=Aj3meANgbq7C29hLuW6ccZojtBAF
>>
>> This has to be the weirdest legal challenge ever devised.
>>
>> Essentially, what MRT are saying, is that they produce anti-ripping
>> software (for media streams), and the fact that nobody has bought their
>> product is an indictment of "circumvention".
>>
>> What exactly makes MRT think that anyone is obliged to buy *anything*
>> from them.
>>
>> How bloody arrogant.
>>
>> I don't know whether to laugh of frown!
>>
>> Bizarre indeed.
>>
>> Hey MRT, I maintain packages for Fedora, but because you don't use them
>> then you are obviously circumventing my work, therefore I shall sue.
>>
>> ???
>>
>> Are these guys serious?
>>
>> Only in America.
>
> Maybe they should sue (or cut off) people's ears and eyes when they realise
> that copying of content cannot be stopped.
>
Nah, the yanks don't do anything that barbaric. They just kill their
own people - much more humane...
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