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The U.S. Constitution locked up

Baylink — 2004-07-03T20:54:34+00:00

The actual entry is here.

The U.S. Constitution locked up

Ross — 2004-07-03T04:38:51+00:00

According to Lessig's blog you can print two copies per year -- DRM
enforced.

Anti-competitive?

shane — 2004-07-02T15:56:29+00:00

The government is yet again spending taxpayer money on a service that business could provide better and cheaper. Damn that evil government!

"Just a Joke(tm)", for the irony-impared.

Ok, so here's

Baylink — 2004-07-01T18:46:52+00:00

a version you *can* legally print, courtesy of your friends (:-) at a little place called the United States House Of Representatives.

You know them: they're the people whose members couldn't get any love from the US Senate for their complaints about the Florida election fiasco, as lovingly documented by C-SPAN and replayed in Mike Moore's new op-ed piece. :-)

The U.S. Constitution locked up

Soruk — 2004-07-01T17:43:58+00:00

If that's true, then surely Adobe's own software should be rendered illegal under the DMCA (a la Elcomsoft)? ;-)

The U.S. Constitution locked up

nstraz — 2004-07-01T15:23:03+00:00

The Editorial Review does say it is printable from Adobe Reader. Has anyone tried that yet?

The U.S. Constitution locked up

jeremiah — 2004-07-01T14:21:42+00:00

The comments aren't bad either? I imagine they'll get even saucier after slashdot get aholf of this. I esp like the comment comparing the US constitution to the Iraq's new one.

The U.S. Constitution locked up

busterb — 2004-07-01T03:08:00+00:00

I like the listing of books people who bought the constitution also bought:

# The Happy Mutant Handbook/Mischievous Fun for Higher Primates by Carla Sinclair, et al
# SuicideGirls by Missy Suicide
# 100 Paintings by Tim Biskup
# Biological Anomalies--Birds by William R. Corliss
# Jay's Journal of Anomalies by Ricky Jay