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From: bakke@plains.NoDak.edu (Jeffrey P. Bakke)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick)
Message-ID: <6834@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 90 21:46:11 GMT
References: <2716@polari.UUCP> <11071@milton.u.washington.edu> <1990Nov14.225343.4867@isis.cs.du.edu>
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In article <1990Nov14.225343.4867@isis.cs.du.edu> kreme@isis.UUCP (Name? I don't need no stinking name!) writes:
> In article <11071@milton.u.washington.edu> kraig@biostr.biostr.washington.edu (Kraig Eno) writes:
> >So I guess what I'm saying is, you can go ahead and post your "how to 
> >subvert copy protection" messages and probably not be held liable even if 
> >it IS illegal, 
> 
> IT IS NOT ILLEGAL.  You have every right to subvert copy protection.  You can
> do anything you want to the program, you OWN it.  You can change it, modify
                                           ^^^
If I remember correctly, some products are sold under a license agreement,
such as the borland products.  If I remember correctly, do don't actually
own a copy of the program, you have a copy and pay a license fee to the
company to use it.  Whether this is legal in some states or not, I'm not sure

Remember the Revlon suit?

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