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voidmain:
I would say by posting the copyright message you have just violated the copyright. In fact you couldn't legally use Internet Explorer to view the document since it will store the document in your local internet spy cache on your computer. How about if you save the document as text, delete the copyright message and give it to your friend and have him post it.  He will not have violated the copyright because it was not there for him to read. But since Ballmer has already fessed up that the document is FUD then I would guess that the copyright is also FUD, and everything else that comes out of Microsoft Press is FUD.

[ July 21, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Calum:
i don't have a first amendment to be violated by M$, does this mean their bullshit contract is legal to enforce on me? OR... does it mean that their contract is null and void since i am not even in their country. I suppose m$ would have closed this loophole, but why then do they leave themselves open to such rubbish as this? take that reading aloud thing from adobe, mentioned above, eh? don't they read these? who thinks these things will stand up?

KernelPanic:
Go live in Sealand no stupid law can bother you there  

DC:

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
How about if you save the document as text, delete the copyright message and give it to your friend and have him post it.  He will not have violated the copyright because it was not there for him to read.
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Err, just because there isn't a notice doesn't mean that there is no copyright. Your friend (as well as yourself) *will* violate the copyright if you do this.

Actually, it's illegal to reproduce anything unless the author gives you permission to distribute it - there is no need for him to explicitly remove those rights (most ppl don't care about this, but if you - for example - copy/paste this text to another forum, I could sue you for it (not that I'd do that)).

Hey - this is funny - this is stored in the temporary internet files of some of you, isn't it? I didn't give permission for that - that means *someone* violated my copyright. But who - you guys, or MS (it's a MS product that causes it)? Interesting question  ;)

[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: DC ]

choasmaster:
i love sealand, the only thing they ban i kiddie porn, and that should be banned. i would love to work there, they offer window nt4 and win2k but say that you should use unix instead, i would love to get redhat certified and work there omg

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