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Re: Another Web Site

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Aug 27, 2000
• 496 views

Jeeze!!  :(

Dan
(who's pretty sure Kat don't give up easy, to say the least!)

<snipped from below:>
<Kat said:>
> I wouldn't get to the conclusion that he will have lawyers, or the best
ones, not after
> what happene to me last week in court. I went in with medical bills,
government
> eyewitnesses and documents, photos, chemical analysis tables, a time/date
stamped
> history log, *and* the defendant confessed in court,,,, and you guessed
it, i lost. This
> is Alabama.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: Another Web Site


> On 26 Aug 2000, at 21:50, irv wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Dan wrote:
> > > Kat,
> > >
> > > Paranoid?  If so, that makes a pair of us (pair a noids!)!  I set up a
free
> > > firewall after I saw that some commercial programs *for children* were
> > > sending encrypted info back to the company when on internet after
child used
> > > program.  And since I have set up a passport account in order to ask
MS
> > > questions about software problems, now I'm concerned about *that* too.
> > > Sigh.
> >
> > Maybe it was just "checking registration", but I doubt it. There's a lot
of
> > personal  info stored on our computers.
> >
> > I'm waiting for the only logical outcome of this - suppose company M
finds a
> > copy of their software on Joe's pc, and deletes or disables it.
> > Further, suppose that Joe digs up a receipt which shows he legally owns
the
> > software. Now, he can claim that company M owes him 12 zillion dollars
for lost
> > revenue, and with 12 zillion dollars at stake, you know Joe will have
the best
> > lawyers money can buy.
>
> I wouldn't get to the conclusion that he will have lawyers, or the best
ones, not after
> what happene to me last week in court. I went in with medical bills,
government
> eyewitnesses and documents, photos, chemical analysis tables, a time/date
stamped
> history log, *and* the defendant confessed in court,,,, and you guessed
it, i lost. This
> is Alabama.
>
> Besides, when you "buy" software now from a big company, you don't own it,
you
> lease it till such time as the owner deems that you don't. And how can you
prove
> company M did the deleting?
>
> Kat,
> disillusioned.