[ale] GAH

[Christopher R. Curzio]

You also can't take or give away the original copy of the constitution.
Nor can you ask that it be photocopied and have the copy given to you. As
a matter of fact, you're not even allowed to TOUCH it. I don't think you
can even take photographs of it. You're only allowed to look at it through
its case. That's some pretty strict RM, no? But you're free to purchase a
copy in the gift shop. So why aren't you complaining about that too?

Now that's not to say that e-book DRM is nearly as important as protecting
the original copy of the constitution. The point is, restrictions are
everywhere. It's just that some people choose to complain about only some
of them for silly reasons. 

-- 
Christopher R. Curzio     |  Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax
http://www.accipiter.org  |  si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
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Thus Spake Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>:
Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:44:57 -0400


> Vincent Fox wrote:
> > Oh come now, America excels in selling public items in fancy packages.
> > You can get a text copy for free of course, but plenty of books
> > have been sold with the Constitution and of course some history
> > text thrown around it. I have several in a box in storage.
> > Were they free? Nope.
> 
> Everyone one of those books you can give to someone else.  You can not 
> do that with an e-book.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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