On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 10:42:35AM +1030, Lane, Richard M wrote:
> My (potentially flawed) understanding of the Mill. (c) stuff is that
> this is no longer the case. It's more like the opposite, if something
> make pirating easier, or it can be shown that piracy is a major
> use of the product, it can be banned. This obviously sucks, it means
> that things like video tape, etc, would not be allowed if they were new
> today, which is obviously pretty appalling.
Now IANAL either, and I agree that that is the explicit
intention of the Mill. (c) legislation, but:
I've read some other opinions on the net, and it seems as though
the new legislation _doesn't_ override the existing "fair use" and
reverse engineering for compatability provisions. So I suspect
that it's all moot until tested at the highest level of the American
legal system. This is American law, after all.
I agree with your other sentiments though. We live in the age
of corporate feudalism.
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Andrew
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