Did anyone else notice the problem with item #3? Maybe I misread this.
According to the DCMA (chapter and verse cited in question #3), any device whose explicit purpose is to copy copyrighted material is illegal.
In a semi-unrelated bit of pro-business legislation, Congress made genetic sequences (including those of humans) copy-rightable. i.e. your genes may be someone else's intellectual property.
Clearly, the sole purpose of sex is to copy genetic material. (A zygote is a gamete's way of making more gametes, right?) So, according to the DCMA, sex -- an activity whose purpose is to copy copyrighted material -- would be illegal.
Right?
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Did anyone else notice the problem with item #3? Maybe I misread this. According to the DCMA (chapter and verse cited in question #3), any device whose explicit purpose is to copy copyrighted material is illegal. In a semi-unrelated bit of pro-business legislation, Congress made genetic sequences (including those of humans) copy-rightable. i.e. your genes may be someone else's intellectual property. Clearly, the sole purpose of sex is to copy genetic material. (A zygote is a gamete's way of making more gametes, right?) So, according to the DCMA, sex -- an activity whose purpose is to copy copyrighted material -- would be illegal. Right?