I like your morse code analogy; let's take it a bit further.
Consider buying a book printed in morse code. Except that once decoded into plain text, you discover that the text is mildly encrypted, you need a 'secret decoder ring' to decode it with. You can buy these things (surprise!) for a lot of money.
Someone manages to break the code without using a decoder ring. I know this a bit different from the situation with DeCSS, but as I understand it once one knows the algorithm the code is very easy to crack.
Now, this someone tells you how to read the book without the decoder ring. Are you acting illegally by doing so?
They [most Internet companies] reserve the right to not offer service or to discontinue service without cause.
They most probably do this because they are afraid of litigation, the without cause part being so that they don't have to worry about being contested in court.
Why else would they? Maybe Internet companies in countries where this common carrier law applies (I take it this is in the US) should drop these clauses?
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I like your morse code analogy; let's take it a bit further.
Consider buying a book printed in morse code. Except that once decoded into plain text, you discover that the text is mildly encrypted, you need a 'secret decoder ring' to decode it with. You can buy these things (surprise!) for a lot of money.
Someone manages to break the code without using a decoder ring. I know this a bit different from the situation with DeCSS, but as I understand it once one knows the algorithm the code is very easy to crack.
Now, this someone tells you how to read the book without the decoder ring. Are you acting illegally by doing so?
They [most Internet companies] reserve the right to not offer service or to discontinue service without cause.
They most probably do this because they are afraid of litigation, the without cause part being so that they don't have to worry about being contested in court.
Why else would they? Maybe Internet companies in countries where this common carrier law applies (I take it this is in the US) should drop these clauses?