On 5/4/07, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The real mob (or, in this case,
thug) here is the industry organization trying to prohibit mention of
a number.
They would call it trying to prevent the distribution of part of a DRM
circumvention mechanism. The number involved is largely irrelevant to
them other than it's use in trace where the compromise in security
took place.
All the "prohibit mention of a number" slogans in the world wont help
you if the courts side with the MPAA. You want to fight DRM in this
moronic way? Fine go ahead but on your own dime and legal risk.
The message we send if we cave is "Thugs are in
control, if
they're potentially big and nasty enough."
Pretty much. Summon a halfway credibale legal threat and the
foundation folds. The only exception would be some bridgeman art
library vs corel corp stuff.
O RLY? owl, Jack Thompson, some kind of cross thing (although I'm
pretty sure I ran across a copy of that on commons recently someone
not paying attention) and the rest of [[WP:OFFICE]] stuff.
The foundation does not need legal bills. If we can dodge legal fights
we should do so.
--
geni