[free-sklyarov] WIPO Regulations

[Kris]

At 07:01 PM 7/31/2001 +0200, DeBug wrote:
 >pic> Fair use is permitted by law, but prevented by the technological
 >pic> measures.  It is a clear over-step.
 >
 >I must disagree it is being over-step. If you can protect your
 >software - do it. Nothing wrong with that.
 >However i think if someone else cracks it there is noone to
 >blame but yourself.

Yes, there is little we can do to prevent companies from encrypting their 
content.  However, copyright law is designed to reward the creator of 
content with a limited monopoly, after which the content will become public 
domain.  One could therefore make the argument that since encrypted content 
is unlikely to enter the public domain, it should not be deserving of 
copyright protection.

Kris