llama@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis) (11/10/90)
In article <2653@ttardis.UUCP> rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) writes: >Do *NOT* reveal, or even mention, any information on how to defeat copy >protection. In the eyes of the law, doing so reduces the NET to the status ... >Do *NOT* encourage code breaking, hacking, or other such activity on the >NET. Again, it tends to give the NET a bad image. ... If I understand you, we disagree. While it is inadviseable to post information of the form "here is a patch to break the CP on 1-2-3", discussions about the woes of copy protection, and even discussions about general types of copy protection and how to remove them, are perfectly legitimate. It is not illegal to break copy protection. Nor is it unethical. Likewise, it is neither of these to discuss breaking copy protection. Discussions about breaking copy protection should occur in the appropriate newsgroups if people wish to discuss it, and none of us are empowered (or should be) to prevent such discussions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Read My Lips: No Nude Texans!" - George Bush clearing up a misunderstanding