2003年03月29日(土)の18時01分に microlenz@earthlink.net 曰く: > On 29 Mar 2003 at 17:40, Seth Finkelstein wrote: > > Date sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:40:41 -0500 > From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf@sethf.com> > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu > Subject: [dvd-discuss] SCC, Lexmark, and copyright versus reverse-engineering > Send reply to: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu > > > In the court's decision, there doesn't seem to be much dispute > > that in *theory*, other downloadable programs could be written that > > performed the same operations as Lexmark's programs. The difficulty is > > knowing the details of the program and operating environment, in the > > first place. > > <DA on> > And if Lexmark has made RE so much more difficult, then they are entitled to > their competitive advantage. That's the capitalist system at work. > <DA off> erm... in the capitalist system... wouldn't ink jet cartridges be a proper commodity, produced by multiple vendors, nd the market would set the cost? wouldn't the government institute anti-trust action against a company for stifling competition? > > -- > > Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf@sethf.com http://sethf.com > > Anticensorware Investigations - http://sethf.com/anticensorware/ > > Seth Finkelstein's Infothought blog - http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/ -- Thanks, Noah Silva A T A R I - S O U R C E . C O M
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