__/ [ [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.
--
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