Re: 'off' to a wonderful argument

["Seth Gordon" <user=116@nabble.blu.org>]

 Eric wrote: 
> hi all. 
> 
> did you see this on /. today?  OFFSystem.  here's a link to their wiki: 
> http://wiki.offdev.org/Main_Page

The page says that 

> ...no data stored or transferred in OFF is copyrighted because all data is random. A simple analogy is seen in that every number has an infinite number of representations (3+2=5, 2*2+1=5, 10-5=5, 10/2=5, etc). Even if the number (file) in question can be copyrighted under current legislation, it is practically impossible and unreasonable to state that every other representation of that particular number is copyrighted. 

Such a claim won't stand up in court for thirty seconds, for the reasons 
given in the following essay on Paranoia (the RPG), computer science, 
and the law: 

http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/colour/2004061001.php

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