[A83] Re: Me so curious
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[A83] Re: Me so curious
There's also a sight on TI "(I won't mention the address lest I corrupt
your minds)", that allows you to get every application for free. ">$200
value"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Ecay" <aecay@yahoo.com>
To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: [A83] Re: Me so curious
>
> There is a place on the internet (I won't mention the address
> lest I corrupt your minds, but it is somewhere on the Detached
> Solutions boards) that describes how to use the 0104.exe (is
> that correct) app signer to sign a hacked copy of periodic. It
> isn't even complicated to do.
> --- David Phillips <david@acz.org> wrote:
> >
> > robvanwijk@gmx.net writes:
> > > That would be an infringment of copyrights and therefore
> > illegal.
> >
> > No. Copyright law isn't something magical. It protects the
> > copyright
> > holder from having their works copied without their
> > permission. As long as
> > the OS did not copy any of TI's code, merely running
> > applications would not
> > be illegal under standard copyright law.
> >
> > > Because (contrary to ROM images) TI does lose money on this,
> > they'd
> > > probably throw in more effort to stop (or sue) you.
> >
> > They might. But all in all, I don't think here is a lot of
> > money in TI
> > applications. At least, not enough to be threatened by
> > something like that.
> >
> > > I'm not a lawyer, but I'd expect that a function which only
> > purpose is
> > > something illegal (mp3 in itself is not illegal, because in
> > theory it
> > > also serves legal purposes) would make the programmer
> > responsible (at
> > > least to some degree).
> >
> > You are confusing two different issues. The DMCA makes it
> > illegal to create
> > or sell devices whose primary purpose is infringement.
> > However, this is a
> > relatively new law and it has still not had a real test in
> > court. It could
> > very well be found unconstitutional. As far as I know, you
> > cannot be sued
> > over things which allow copyright infringement. If something
> > is dangerous
> > and it injures people, then there is a liability issue. But
> > you don't get
> > sued over a lock picking kit.
> >
> > Standard disclaimer, I'm not a lawyer, I could be wrong. By
> > "cannot be
> > sued", I mean that the person suing would not win. You can
> > file suit over
> > anything. Whether not you win, or if it even goes to court,
> > is the issue.
> > Not to mention getting counter sued for legal fees and other
> > damages, which
> > is pretty much a guaranteed win for a frivolous lawsuit.
> >
> > --
> > David Phillips <david@acz.org>
> > http://david.acz.org/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> From: Aaron Ecay
> aecay@yahoo.com
>
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