Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Nick FitzGerald wrote:

> Drsolly wrote:
>
> > > For copyright infringement?  Well, kinda -- specifically under the 
> > > DMCA.  Pointing out that ROT13 is not really an "effective" encryption 
> > > mechanism with which to "secure" copyrighted digital content is itself 
> > > NOT allowed under the DMCA (showing what a shitty little piece of law 
> > > it really is -- it's a law so bad it has to make some forms of 
> > > potential criticism of it illegal).
> >  
> > Sometimes, I wear a different hat, which acts as a way of changing my 
> > usual (copyright) appearance. If someone suggests removing my 
> > hat, might they fall foul of this hilarious US law?
>
> _If_ you calimed the hat was a cryptographic device intended to make 
> unauthorized copying of your image more difficult, I suspect the answer 
> is "quite possibly"...
 
It's a steganographic device. 

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