Reading over all of this stuff about copyright issues sparked a little bit of interest in my mind...then jogged my memory. Has anybody thought of taking their copyrighted zones/code/etc. and digitally signing them with a hash/public-key setup (a la PGP) This does sound moot, but (here's the memory part...) grabbing my copy of Applied Cryptography and flipping to section 25.16 (Legal issues), it mentions that Utah initiated a Digital Signature Act on May 1, 1995. According to AC, digital signatures have been brought to a court case yet (at book publication). Has anyone heard about the legality of said signatures? (I should check EFF after mailing this...hmmm) Also interested in what countries outside the States has to say about such things. Any additional thoughts on this? (This could become interesting...) Stirring up debate (or is that trouble...), Mark Crichton +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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