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To: antiRepublicrat

You mean to tell me I couldn’t post my OWN material if I happen to hold a copyright on it?


19 posted on 11/04/2009 9:47:26 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP
You mean to tell me I couldn’t post my OWN material if I happen to hold a copyright on it?

It would depend on the wording of the treaty. If you put DRM on your works, then forgot the code needed to free them, then it could be illegal for you to break your own DRM to get to your own works.

Remember, DRM can be anything. It doesn't even have to be effective. Since what we write here is by law copyrighted at the moment we write it I am applying DRM to the following sentence:

"DRM Sucks!"

If you select the text between the quotes, you just broke the DRM I used to protect my copyrighted comment without my permission. I didn't give my permission, so, seriously, you just broke the law. Idiotic, isn't it?

I promise not to turn you into the copyright cartel for reeducation. It doesn't really matter though, since they think copyright is only for big corporations. They honestly don't care about the copyright of the average person, and have violated it repeatedly with a "So sue us" mentality.

35 posted on 11/04/2009 9:58:55 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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