I'm a law student, so these issues interest me. This summer, I am going to write a generic legal brief that can be used by an American Freenet node operator who is taken to court by either a copyright owner or the government (in the case of allegations of criminal copyright infringement or distributing obscenity). The brief will be freely distributable, of course.
Also, this can't be construed as legal advice, but I for one have tried to take advantage of the protections given to ISPs by the DMCA by registering my node with the Copyright Office and putting a notice on the computer that runs my node. See http://troyboy.dyndns.org. Troy On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:06:47PM -0000, Dave Hooper wrote: > > "The Freenet network is not able to censor single files or certain > > content out. All content is sent encrypted and I am with no means able > > to identify or control the content which is being stored on my node. > > Even though you were able to retrieve forbidden information via my > > Freenet node, it does not mean I was in the possesion of these files > > before *your* retrieval request put them there." (blah, blah, blah,...) > > > > You get the point, somebody similar to a lawer could have a short look > > at it, and making it as bullet proof as it gets. What do you think of > > it? > > Sebastian > > I think that this is a frighteningly important contribution to Freenet. > Could someone confirm what the __legal__ situation is with Freenet in > various countries - am I right in assuming that there is no standard law in > _any_ country that can affect usage of Freenet? A boiler-plate reply text, > backed up by a legal statement, would go a long way to achieve a primary aim > of the project, namely to reassure users that their privacy goes > hand-in-hand with the operation of the network, and that untraceability is a > fundamental aspect of Freenet. > > IANAL > > Dave > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://www.uprizer.com/mailman/listinfo/devl _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://www.uprizer.com/mailman/listinfo/devl
