IP: Digital Millin.Copyrt.Act & the Right To Read: Time-limited Textbooks

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:38:34 -0700
> To: nobody () well com
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
>
>
> > The Right To Read: Time Limited Textbooks
> > News | Posted by michael on Monday August 28, @07:46AM
> > from the disaster-unfolding dept. qbasicprogrammer writes:
> >
> > "Vital Source Technologies is now providing time-limited medical 
> > textbooks to universities. Password protected books - as predicted in The 
> > Right To Read by Richard Stallman - are finally becoming a reality."
> >
> > Starting on Oct. 28, (when the other part of the DMCA comes into effect), 
> > you could face a civil lawsuit and criminal penalties of up to five years 
> > in jail and a fine of $500,000 for reading someone else's textbook. See 
> > the NYU FAQ, the Advogato discussion, or the company crowing about new 
> > revenue opportunities.
> >
> > <http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/28/1158221&mode=flat>
>
>
> Wanna bet the prices of these "rental" textbooks won't go down much?  --jim