[plug] Re: Aussie DMCA is here now!

[Bret Busby]

The Thought Assassin wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Bret Busby wrote:
> > Denis Brown wrote:
> > > Presumably it's okay to reverse-engineer a bona fide copy of software, but
> > > not a pirated copy?
> > then, what of the prospect of reverse-engineering
> > illegitimate software, such as a virus, or, malicious hacking program,
> > in order to defeat the nasty software?
> I think Microsoft would undoubtably try to sue you if you did such to
> their software. Getting back to UCITA, there is also a provision for
> Microsoft to prevent you even calling their siftware those names.

Ah, does that mean that their products are full of holes?

I thought the USA constitution included free speech, so that anyone in
the USA could freely express their opinions. Or, has M$ bought the
rights to that?

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Bret Busby

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