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NatCh · 08-03-2006, 11:37 PM

@Bingle

Well I did, quite literally, ask for it!

Okay, so maybe it is illegal. But that is about the stupidest "law" I've ever heard of. And I (generally) pay attention when I hear of stupid "laws."

I think I remember the magazine article/DVD encoding thing. I remember the t-shirts with the decoding algorithym on it anyway. I thought that had pretty much gone away. I ought to know that stupid laws don't ever really go away.

I'll have a look at the link you provided ... but not tonight.

Thanks for rescueing my innocent self form my (potentially) criminal ignorance.

Don't worry, I think after reflection, I wouldn't want the software package enough to buy it anyway. Especially since there are aparently better free utilities to get text out of a pdf anyway.

Say, doesn't that mean that Adobe should sue itself over its own "Save to RFT" function in Acrobat 7.0?

08-03-2006, 11:37 PM	#7
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	@Bingle Well I did, quite literally, ask for it! Okay, so maybe it is illegal. But that is about the stupidest "law" I've ever heard of. And I (generally) pay attention when I hear of stupid "laws." I think I remember the magazine article/DVD encoding thing. I remember the t-shirts with the decoding algorithym on it anyway. I thought that had pretty much gone away. I ought to know that stupid laws don't ever really go away. I'll have a look at the link you provided ... but not tonight. Thanks for rescueing my innocent self form my (potentially) criminal ignorance. Don't worry, I think after reflection, I wouldn't want the software package enough to buy it anyway. Especially since there are aparently better free utilities to get text out of a pdf anyway. Say, doesn't that mean that Adobe should sue itself over its own "Save to RFT" function in Acrobat 7.0? Last edited by NatCh; 08-03-2006 at 11:39 PM.