[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key mess - OFFICE/Foundation?

[David Gerard]

On 02/05/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did the WMF take that official stance? Where, if I missed it?


As I posted earlier, oversight-l asked Cary Bass about this and he
said deletion would do for now.


>The specific
> number/value I don't believe can be even copyrighted in the United States.


The DMCA takedown notices are under the circumvention mechanism
provision, not under the copyright violation provision.


> Keep in mind that the hex/number itself is now notable.


"Notable" is not "this week's Internet meme." As I said in my previous
message, give it a month and we'll see.

(I'm pretty sure it will - this will make [[Illegal prime]] look minor.)


- d.