-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 10:52, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: > > > http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html > > > > It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as > > well as legitimate uses. I can't see it succeeding in Europe, as it is > > just the agent, and it is the use that can be illegal. It would be like > > suing the Post Office for carrying messages posted by criminals. In USA, > > of course, common sense does not prevail. > > Actually, I would rather have had that particular case in the US. The web > sites in question are carrying links to bittorrent downloads. So, that > would be like arresting me for talking about marijuana because the drug > itself is illegal. 1st Amendment would have been ALL over that in the US. > We might have finally gotten that pesky DMCA crap ruled illegal. > It would be nice if it could be so.
> > Sorry if that offends anyone, > > but I think that most who have been following events re patents etc will > > agree. > > Well, to be fair, the first prosecution of DVD-Jon for cracking CSS was in > Norway. Every country has their own particular brand of stupidity. True - but after a little thought it was agreed that he had not acted illegally. Of course things have to be challenged in a court of law in order to set precedences - that's certainly how things work here, anyway. As for your last remark, who could disagree? It never fails to amaze me how many good and sensible people I have met all over, yet we all elect governments and create law systems that make us shake our head with disbelief. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBwXh3kFAvMr/nNX8RAom9AJ44Czjv2BUr+FmX8B15QuvPu5VTOgCffxu5 G+dB18hufbpnM+Y/knTiFX0= =8+7U -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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