IP: re: Adobe Boycott

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:35:36 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, info () raisch com
> From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com>
> Subject: Re: IP: re: Adobe Boycott
>
> > > From: "Rob Raisch" <info () raisch com>
> > > To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Adobe Boycott
> > > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:53:06 -0400
> > > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300
> > >
> > > Dave,
> > >
> > > I am no fan of the fascist DMCA, but isn't this the same scenario as DeCSS,
> > > where someone set out specifically to create a tool which can only be used
> > > to circumvent control over someone else's property?  Correct me if I am
> > > wrong, but doesn't Dmitry's company sell a program to circumvent Adobe's
> > > woefully inadequate copy protection?  And isn't Dmitry its author?
>
>
> I have not used the software and I have not examined it, but I can assure 
> you that
> the tool has many legitimate uses. Several months ago I created a PDF file 
> with
> Acrobat and sent it to a friend. Then my hard disk crashed destroying the 
> original.
> The friend sent the document back and asked me to change a semi-colon to a 
> colon.
> Alas, Adobe's copy protection tool prevented me from doing that. I sure wish
> I knew about the tool then.
>
> Yes, it can and probably will be used by people circumventing copyright, but
> there's a reason why we need locksmiths in the physical world.



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