Adobe fallout ?

[David_Biggins@usermgmt.com]

Nah.  The only consistency we can expect is consistent support of
whoever has the biggest bank account.

## dave ##

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Q G Campbell [mailto:Q.G.Campbell@newcastle.ac.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 12:04
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: RE: Adobe fallout ?
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Owen Blacker [mailto:owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk] 
> > Sent: 24 July 2001 11:28
> > To: 'ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk'
> > Subject: RE: Adobe fallout ?
> > 
> > 
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> > The latest edition of EFFector (v14.15) has a lot about this 
> > too.  To quote from the email:
> > 
> > |  Back issues are available at:
> > |   http://www.eff.org/effector
> > |
> > |  To get the latest issue, send any message to  
> > | effector-reflector@eff.org (or er@eff.org), and it will be 
> > mailed to  
> > | you automagically. You can also get, via the Web:
> > |   http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Newsletters/EFFector/current.html
> 
> In the latter URL, the EFF's attorney says "The U.S. 
> government for the
> first time is prosecuting a programmer for building a tool that may be
> used for many purposes, including those that legitimate 
> purchasers need
> in order to exercise their fair use rights." 
> 
> Surely this must be good news because in the name of consistency and
> fairness one can expect the FBI to start arresting all the gun
> manufacturers and suppliers in the States?
> 
> Quentin
> 
>