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Adobe Gets Hit By DMCA
Reeses writes "Adobe has asked a U.S. District court to allow them to embed ITC and Monotpye fonts in their documents, claiming "Adobe has asked the court to declare that Adobe's popular Acrobat product does not violate certain provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as claimed by ITC and Agfa Monotype." Which is interesting after the Skylarov/Elcomsoft debacle from a year or so ago. I guess they figured that it didn't apply to them since they enforced it."
ain't it sweet?
They're getting hit by the DMCA
They're getting hit by the DMCA
They went and messed up
and embedded the font
now they're getting it in the [censored]
They're getting hit by the DMCA
They're getting hit by the DMCA
</YMCA Tune>
I for one like to see the DMCA used against companies that could possibly aid in its downfall.
Quick, someone come up with a P2P sharing client that would require the RIAA to violate the DMCA in order to serve up invalid and spoofed files using custom broken clients. There would be something so evil about doing that that the universe might implode.
The real purpose of the DCMA -- and this ain't popular -- is to protect profits for American corporations. Despite the frothing ravings of the "everything wants to be free" crowd, this is not a bad thing. Copyright law has never existed to ensure or even provide equity between the little guys and the big guys. It exists to preserve the wealth creation potential of artists and content providers. It is wholly appropriate that Adobe used the DCMA against Skylarov .. after all, they are the corporation, they are the wealth creators, and they are the major contributors to the market economy. The same cannot be said of Skylarov.
The same is also true of the two parties who brought this frivolous action against Adobe, neither or which I have even heard of. There is nothing at stake in the economy if these clowns get their way. They are only trying to be a thorn in Adobe's side, and from all appearances, are doing it in the most meddlesome and intrusive way they know how.
Mod me down if you like, but I'm sick and tired of seeing people being demonized simply because they want to create wealth and live the American dream. Presumably, when you go home tonight, you're going to fix yourself a meal to eat. Consider this: the employees of Adobe would like to do the very same thing. Do your lofty ideals of socialistic code-sharing take precedence over the health and well-being of decent families?
Ironically, the legalese file which states the terms is a pdf...for which they strongly suggest Adobe Acrobat.
If that is so, then we need a corporate death penalty. M$ needs to get the chair.