RE: 'off' to a wonderful argument

["Eric Chadbourne" <user=1528@nabble.blu.org>]

 > > 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