what moral obligation? (Re: DRM technology and policy)

Steve Schear schear at attbi.com
Mon May 5 23:18:46 PDT 2003


At 10:48 PM 5/5/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>At 9:36 AM -0700 4/29/03, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> >Actually, non-standard CDs sold with the CD logo are fraudulent, since
> >they violate
> >a published standard which the logo implies.  I'm surprised this avenue
> >hasn't been
> >taken legally.
>
>I believe that the Philips, who holds the trademark for compact disks, has
>said that copy protected disks do not follow the standard and may not use
>the trademark.

If so, couldn't the labels selling be charged with deceptive advertising?

steve 





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