Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!APPLE.COM!nli!jym From: nli!jym@APPLE.COM Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Free Nelson Mandela Message-ID: <8909011804.AA05132@nlp9> Date: 1 Sep 89 18:04:57 GMT References: <1117@accuvax.nwu.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: gnu-misc-discuss@cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Natural Language, Inc. Lines: 12 >> The latest CD/DAT copy protection scheme allows *one* copy to be made of >> any one CD. Sounds great . . . > I believe that the circuit in the cassette will prevent DAT to DAT > copies, but not CD to DAT. Either way, we're talking about a mandated electronic configuration, with the mandate specifically designed to restrict the flow of information in one's own home. That makes this subject relevant to this mailing list. Note that the FSF has always opposed these same restrictions. <_Jym_>