From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fe8.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.55] helo=mail8.ec.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AHUn-0007Q2-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 17:48:41 -0400 Received: from kids ([66.56.241.175]) by mail8.ec.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Tue, 21 May 2002 17:48:40 -0400 Message-ID: <001301c20111$6b875be0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> From: "Cecil H. Whitley" To: References: <001f01c2010b$ca3c1b40$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> Subject: Re: [t.toner@NTLWORLD.COM: tech buffs crack copy-protected CDs with a marker] Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Interesting economics there, a protection scheme that probably costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, defeated by a $.50 marker. Now anyone with the information and a marker can get their "fair use" without too much trouble. That's always been the problem with copy protection, it infringes upon the rights of the user. Cecil