IP: Disappearing eBooks - but not inmates?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

And when I break their code that makes it disappear, Go to Jail?? djf

> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:17:26 -0700
> From: Seth David Schoen <schoen () loyalty org>
> To: dave () farber net
> -
> To: free-sklyarov () zork net
> From: Kurt Foss <kfoss () planetpdf com>
> Subject: [free-sklyarov] Disappearing eBooks - but not inmates?
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:10:56 -0500
>
> In light of the press release item "RosettaBooks Launches First
> 'Timed' eBook" we just posted on our Planet eBook site, a possible
> punishment of five years in prison seems a bit harsh in light of the
> rapid changes in technologies these days. Someone like Sklyarov could
> be still idling away in the slammer while the copyright protection
> scheme he was able to outwit may have long since ceased to exist.
>
> Read about the tech demo that allows an eBook to be set to
> self-destruct after a specified period of time at:
>
> http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=201
>
> rgds ~ Kurt
>
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