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Re: A Question of Ethics (was: Overriding Acrobat User Settings)
Subject:Re: A Question of Ethics (was: Overriding Acrobat User Settings) From:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:49:01 +1000
Arlen Walker wrote:
>
> "Dmitry Sklyarov, a lead programmer for Russian software company ElcomSoft,
> was arrested Monday morning for distributing the company's Advanced eBook
> Processor."
>
> In short, he wasn't just talking about a discovery; he was handing out
> software that exploited the discovery, and it was the latter act, not the
> speech, that he was arrested for.
>
> People, Techwriting is about research and accuracy. We should all be expert
> fact-checkers at the very least.
>
In the cause of careful fact-checking, may I point out
that under the US legal system, being *arrested* for
having done something and *actually* having done
something are by no means the same thing. Which is
why there are courts.
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