Re: Industries try to mandate copy controls in ATSC tuners

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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, PCastro wrote:

> A strong lobby to make "software" a "(patented) consumer
> product" - like hardware assets are.
> 
> Transforming the real nature of software... 
> 
> Not just a new kind of documented information
> but in a "real thing" in a "real product"... thus all
> the legal juris-legis stuff (warranties, trademarks,
> patents, etc,etc) would apply. (they are doing this)
> (IMHO this is nastily wrong).

If they redefine "software", can't we find ourselves a new name for what
we are used to call "software"?

-- 
Roberto Jung Drebes <drebes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~drebes/





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