Re: Abandonware petition

[russotto@user138.dsli.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <20010720133706.05128.00000776@ng-fi1.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Kevin (agentwd40) responded to Matthew (>>):
>
>>The Digital Millenium Copyright Act Doesn't apply in this case.
>>Since Symantec Corporation is exercising their right not to pursue
>>copyright violations, the issue of illegal copies of Copy ][+ is mute.
>>I believe you will find this to be the case in the vast majority of
>>old software for the Apple II, the owners just don't care.
>
>>On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:46:34 GMT, russotto@user138.dsli.com (Matthew
>>Russotto) wrote:
>
>>>Doesn't matter.  Copy ][+ is illegal under the anticircumvention
>>>provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
>
>I think what Matthew is referring to is that under the Digital Millenium
>Copyright Act, Copy ][+ _itself_ is illegal, since it is designed (in part)
>to circumvent copy protection mechanisms.

Da.  Trafficking in it is illegal, whether Symantec gives a crap or
not.  Theoretically any copyright holder whose copy-protected software
can be copied by Copy ][+ (think MECC) could make a federal case of it.

>This means that circumvention technology in the future will be provided
>only by non-commercial sources.  ;-)

And anonymously.  
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