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  • The law suit has been dropped, but here is the original article.  Completely absurd.  Guy was sued because of using the shift key.

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #11631  by Shellie
 Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:41 pm
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4 ... 569.cfm</a>

The law suit has been dropped, but here is the original article. Completely absurd. Guy was sued because of using the shift key.</div>

 #11632  by Cranky McCrankyson
 Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:53 pm
<div style='font: 14pt ; text-align: left; '>Why would it be absurd? The guy published how to bypass the feature! It would be like publishing how to break into cars. The guy was an idiot for pulishing his findings.</div>

 #11633  by Shellie
 Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:56 pm
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>If I found that the "copy protection"/work around was that easy, I would publish it too. I cant believe that was the best that they could come up with.</div>

 #11634  by the Gray
 Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:22 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It's absurd, which is why they dropped the suit.</div>

 #11637  by Captain O'Hagan
 Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:13 am
<div style='font: italic 14pt "comis sans ms"; text-align: justify; '>There was a time when we'd take a guy like that out back and beat him with a hose!</div>

 #11638  by Captain O'Hagan
 Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:15 am
<div style='font: italic 14pt "comis sans ms"; text-align: justify; '>There was a time when we'd take a guy like that out back and beat him with a hose! Now they got their damn unions.....</div>

 #11640  by Shellie
 Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:39 am
<div style='font: 10pt georgia; text-align: left; '>No, it would be like publishing how to get into a locked car that has the window down. Most people know how, he's just the one who pointed it out.</div>

 #11642  by Do you know chocolate pud
 Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:29 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Impact; text-align: left; '>It's common knowledge, just like holding the up arrow on the D-pad of a PS2 controller will disable regional control on a Japanese PS2.</div>

 #11643  by Do you know chocolate pud
 Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:30 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Impact; text-align: left; '>I hate those little security pop-ups when I go to porn sites that want me to download some sort of Gator adware. Those things should be stopped no matter what, and it sounds like that's what this is. Plug-ins...just say no.</div>