[free-sklyarov] Howard Morland

Rich Bodo rsb at ostel.com
Thu Jul 19 16:48:39 PDT 2001


> The current Sklyarov arrest makes it look as if the Government thinks
> revealing how to read a locked e-book is more dangerous than revealing
> how to make an H-bomb.  This is scary.

The likelihood of someone using the e-book information is higher.
Even a very rich person would have an incredibly hard time making an
H-bomb, but if you explain ROT13 to a 6-year old he/she would
eventually be able to decode a book, and it would be fun!  Therefore,
we must supress the knowledge of ROT13.  Right?  Wrong.  The DCMA is
being used to supress scientific knowledge on our watch and in our
backyard.  It's our responsibility to stop it.  This is for profit,
corporate ordered, government enforced, mandatory book burning.  I
don't know if anyone has suggested this, yet: Let's have a book burning.

-Rich






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