[free-sklyarov] RE: What hypocrisy

[DeBug]

Hello mark,

Friday, July 27, 2001, 1:51:17 PM, you wrote:

mz> More irony - Gao Zhan was arrested/convicted for
mz> *copying* publically available documents concerning
mz> Taiwan ! They call it spying , the US calls it
mz> copyright infringment.

mz> The US also got all bent when some business man was
mz> arrested for copying plans for a torpedo, although the
mz> design is common knowledge as the Russians will sell
mz> the torpedo to just about anyone. 

Nothing to add ....
It's funny how usage-control rights can be converted into
competition-control rights

copyrights-holders would agree to allow consumers to use
their products as they like if there was a restriction
to buy only from copyrights-holders.
Is not this what Adobe wanted to say ?

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