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I love this.  Microsoft is doomed I say, DOOOOOMED!

If the goverment can't get 'em with a frontal attack, then sneak up
from behind when they're not looking.

Has anyone heard if Bill Gates has left the country yet????

Sorry, but if no-one else can stop themselves from posting off topic,
why should I???

Personally, I disagree with Alan's position, but what can I do... I
didn't vote for him.  Maybe a letter or two of protest is in order...
Let's see, how much does it cost to ship a hundred or so letters from
the states to the UK???


On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:58:58 +0200 (MEST), you wrote:

>
>
>> How about those European sites that made strong encryption available
>> to circumvent the US export restrictions on encryption technology?  I
>> never heard of the FBI raiding any of them.
>
>
>There is one important difference there: Publishing ecryption outside
>the US was and is completely legal (apart from stupid local rules). 
>
>In the case of the DMCA, it has been shown that someone who publishes
>a "circumvention device" outside the US can be arrested once in the
>US.
>
>In this case "the bug" could be labelled "circumvention device":
>Suppose the bug is a "remote buffer overflow" (*) then if you have
>copyrighted info on your server which is programmed so that that
>non-paying people can't access the copyrighted material. Someone with
>knowledge of the bug will be able to break in an access the
>copyrighted material.
>
>Anyone who publishes the bug risks getting arrested if they set foot
>in the US.
>
>			Roger. 
>
>(*) It probably isn't. 


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