[39862] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Stewart)
Wed Jul 25 16:34:24 2001
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:32:11 -0400
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From: Dave Stewart <dbs@ntrnet.net>
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At 04:14 PM 7/25/2001, Dan Hollis wrote:
>Microsoft is advertising "high security padlocks", but is instead selling
>locks that dont work at all.
I actually talked to an intellectual property attorney about this today...
just in passing, but his remark was
"Microsoft is not responsible for someone else committing criminal
acts. If you leave your house unlocked, that doesn't mean it is NOT
breaking and entering if someone comes in and steals things."
