On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: > I just noticed a disclaimer in a t.v. ad for H-P computers. > > "Intended only for lawful uses." at the bottom of the screen towards > the end of the commercial. > > Strange. Why would H-P or any other computer company feel the need to > include this warning/disclaimer? Worries about legal actions against > the company should one or more of its millions of customers download or > generate illegal words or images? Worries about General Jack D. Valenti > coming after Carly for making DVD burning a possibility on H-P > computers?
Not so strange. Computers can be used to hack into databases to steal credit cards. Or to compute trajectories of missiles. Since lawyers are on a rampage to sue gun companies when some idiot goes "postal", what's to stop them from suing computer companies when someone breaks into a bank? It's just a cya move set by precedent from other things, I bet it has nothing to do with what OS is running. Besides, if you run linux it won't have any problems bypassing DVD security codes :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
