From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail16.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.143]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16R12y-0001fX-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:08:52 -0500 Received: from cj2204215a ([65.14.224.189]) by femail16.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20020117010855.HICJ22224.femail16.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cj2204215a> for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:08:55 -0800 Message-ID: <03d301c19ef2$a21a6e80$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> From: "Amanda Lee" To: References: <032b01c19eee$45245aa0$6401a8c0@alex1.va.home.com> <001101c19ef1$b41645b0$0201a8c0@linus> Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:02:27 -0500 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 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Amanda Lee" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hmm! scared me! huh? Not really Kirk. I do believe that where a precedent of access could be presented with credibility and there is plenty herein, that the letter of the law isn't always what wins a case. I would wager you're in need of a real life if you think you can intimidate a bunch of individuals who, in the first place, want to provide better access to information than MacroSloth! I'm sure glad I don't choose to live according to your rigid standards. Amanda Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wood" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Re: Problems with pdf files. > Yea Amanda, I am frigging lying. There really wasn't someone jailed, I just > wanted to scare you. Get a GD life. The DCMA prohibits people from > circumventing encryption. It may just be that they remembered to put an > exception in case some arm chair lawyer decides that the ADA over-rules this > case. > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49272,00.html > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2800985,00.html > > Now the only excuse for you to not know what the program is and what it does > is because you are too lazy to look. For that matter, you may even find > where you can get it. In the mean time stop whining and take some action. I > am leaving this list. It used to be about helping blind people get up and > running in Linux using speakup. It seems to have turned into some kind of > cry baby list about the ADA. > > Kirk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >