But who's a member? There's no barrier to entry. And policing its use,
keeping track of who's logged in and downloaded the whole thing, only to
turn around to pass it out on USENET?
""Jason A Banta"" <jason.banta@louisville.edu> wrote in message
news:sd09d2c1.046@gwise.louisville.edu...
>
> If Chrysler would allow the DML to share/use the FSM, could the DML
> website be setup to make users authenticate (Sign In) so that the FSM is
> available for members, but not just sitting on the net for anybody to
> get to and use?
>
>
>
> >>> raymond.irons@gm.com 06/14/02 11:13AM >>>
>
>
> Guy's,
> I'm not a lawyer and I personally think its a great idea, but
> isn't
> this very similar to what got napster shutdown? I think Andy is right,
> I
> don't think you can legally do something like this over the net. If
> you
> have a FSM and a buddy asks you if he can borrow it, that's one thing,
> but
> to have it on-line could represent a huge loss to the company that
> prepares
> and distributes the FSM (in this case, Chrysler Corp.) to say nothing
> of
> the sales loss they could suffer by having it available on-line for
> free
> access. If you can resolve the legal issues, I'm all for it.
>
>
> Ray, Dover, DE
>
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