On Tuesday 30 September 2008 22:34:30 Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Tilghman Lesher > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is completely illegal in any country that recognizes patents. > > You mean countries that recognize software patents, right?
Correct. > > Please do NOT discuss ways to use unlicensed codecs on this list or any > > other forum provided by Digium. This has been discussed multiple times > > as to why not, and I don't feel like rehashing the argument again. > > I did not know you were a moderator on this list. Currently, no, but I can become a moderator if that's what the problem warrants. > > contributory infringement > > What if I make a page that explains the patent issues and then > provide a link to [[[LINK REMOVED]]] from that site and only > provide people on this list a link to my site? What if I provide a > link to the Google search for "asterisk g723?" Where do we draw the > line? If that site is so illegal, why hasn't it been taken down? Why > hasn't the patent holder at the very least provided Google with a DMCA > notice? The site is hosted internationally, in a country that does not recognize software patents, and Google's right to index the web is not in dispute. -- Tilghman _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users