oh wow, that's the first I've heard about this. then again, the DMCA is a
big steaming pile of flea and worm infested dung anyway. I expect it's only
a matter of time before it gets shot to hell in court, it's just the damage
it will do on it's way down that sucks.



>From: Dan Pinal <danp--massmedia.com>
>Reply-To: AlternateReality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
>>Subject: Re: [ar list] Final Fantasy Online...?
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:46:08 -0800
>
>Re Blizzard politics or probably more correctly Vivendi's politics
>
>http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/19/0151232&mode=thread
>
>http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/1431211&tid=123
>
>Claiming battle.net is a "security device" so they can sue a free alternate
>as well as abusing the DMCA. When it comes to the EFF vs. anybody, I'll
>pick the EFF every time. These actions are probably not those of Blizzard
>itself or anyone having to do with actually creating the software, which is
>as I mentioned is kick-ass. WoW will very likely be on my shopping list if
>it makes it out this year.
>
>Dan
>This is not the sig line you are looking for... -- Old Jedi Sig Line Trick
>
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>
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