[PLUG] Creative writing

Brian Beattie beattie at beattie-home.net
Wed Aug 13 23:42:01 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 23:34, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:38:06PM -0700, Brian Beattie wrote:
> > > You can take apart a tivo, or a roomba, or any mechanical object, why
> > > not a piece of software?
> > 
> > DMCA
> 
> I don't think that makes Jeff's point any less valid, however.

no I think DMCA is completely wrong and I think it harms the software
industry in this country.

You should be able to disassemble code for any purpose.
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