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ElcomSoft gets off
ElcomSoft gets off
Posted Dec 19, 2002 18:02 UTC (Thu) by emkey (guest, #144)Parent article: ElcomSoft gets off
Maybe I'm a little wet behind the ears, but I don't see this particular portion of the DMCA standing up when it makes it to the supreme court. Its essentially equivalent to congress passing a law saying that anyone who makes a tool that could be used for assult or murder can be put on trial. Thus a company that made baseball bats or hammers, etc. would be in significant danger of incurring substantial legal expenses etc.
A tool is a tool. Any good tool can be put to many different uses. Requiring the tool maker to be lible for a tool users eventual use of their tools has the potential to have a very negative impact across the board.
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