I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. But according to the
federal judge in the first round of MPAA vs. 2600 in the DeCSS case,
circumventing _any_ encryption on _any_ digital work, without permission
from the copyright holder, is a violation of federal law. 2600 had a federal
injunction to remove the program from their site and to remove all links to
it. Now, I personally am not in favor of this law as it has profound impact
on fair use rights and my ability to watch/listen to my purchased copy of a
work anywhere I want, anyway I want, but any tool used for circumvention of
encrypted copywritten works is illegal (according to this case which is in
appeal).
If you're interested, you can find all the specifics of the case,
including all of the injunctions, the filings, and the court decisions at
www.2600.com
Lon Lentz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:10 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Need decryptor tag for CFUG presentation
Lets be sure we understand something
Is it illegal to have such a utility or is it illegal to use the utiltiy.
I do believe there is a similar argument about DVDs and DeCSS???
Just a thought...
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:29 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Need decryptor tag for CFUG presentation
It would also be a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Lon Lentz
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DataWarehousing and List Sales - Market Your Lists on the Net!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:50 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Need decryptor tag for CFUG presentation
Saying this as Michael Dinowitz, yes. The decrypt utility is illegal
according to the MM licensing contract.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm saying this as Ray Camden, not Ray Camden
> of Macromedia, but isn't use of this decryptor illegal? Should we so
> casually discuss a piece of a software that is probably illegal to use?
>
> Also, in general, unless you encrypt your OWN files, you should not be
> decrypting other people's templates. If you _do_ encrypt your files, you
can
> contact Tech support for help. Therefore, there is no need for this
> software.
>
> Am I wrong here? And let's not discuss wether it's "right" or "wrong", I'm
> talking about legality.
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