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On Sunday 01 February 2004 12:19 pm, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
| I read this today and found it a bit disturbing.  What do
| you guys think?  Is this a little too far fetched?

Not in the least.
If I write a book and publish it in a dead tree edition you 
can purchase a copy and that copy is yours to do with as you
please. You can put it on your book shelf, give it away, sell
it, use it to start a fire. I don't care.
BUT, if I distribute that same "book" in electronic form I
can sell you a "license" to read it. But the only thing you
can do with your electronic copy is destroy it.  You can't give
it away, or sell it, and you certainly can't start a fire with
it. <grin> Those restrictions will all be noted in the "license
agreement" you must click through before you can download my
"book."
Welcome to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Sean


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