Jonathon Blake wrote:
The circumvention refered to by Jonathon and myself was the circumvention of an access control only and not IP rights in general. In fact, it may be illegal to circumvent an access control even when no IP is protected by it, as in the case of PD texts. In many cases access control protects labor (sweat of the brow) where there has been no traditional view of anything "intelectual" (IP). Also, it is probably irrelevent to the law how publishers see the Tool in relation to their rights. The question is what does the law say about it and what is the right thing before God to do. (Consider the last part a rhetorical question not an invetaion to debate.)Jack wrote: Again, you are using circumvent in an a broader way than just access control. Also, whether or not the password is an access control or not may not be as clear as it seems. There is a distinction in the law between access control and copy protection. Circumventing a copy protection is not a violation of the law against circumventing an access control. In this spicific case I don't know. I just caution people to be careful..b) Since the e-Sword modules are password protected, it is trivial to demonstrate that converting them to other formats is an attempt to circumvent legitimate IP Rights. Jerry |
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