Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:49:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: ide-related kernel panic in 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-pre11 |
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I am in California, USA where the Law exists. Please note the question in quotes was directed back at me. I assumed nothing about the country of origin from the original poster. Please respect the point of not putting "me" in a compromised position.
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> Andre Hedrick wrote: > > So could you ask the question a little more blunt? > > > > "Gee, I am trying to break a US Law on content protection, would you be my > > enabler? Don't worry, it only effects the US, and we are in a public > > forum. Also, do you prefer gray or black in your future pin stripped > > suit?" > > > I'm not taking any side in this, but: > > US law != World law (and hopefully this will stay so for a long time) > > Looking at the originators address and name he's from germany. FYI: > There's no provision in the law here that denies you personal copies of > copy protected contents assuming you own the original. > In fact you even pay for this use when buying emtpy media, regardless if > for data backup or copying. > So what may be illegal in the US is legal in other countries and > royalties are already taken care of (by law). > As I do assume that in case of this posting the actual target was a > personal record compilation for mobile use you should not accuse people > lightly of breaking the law when you seemingly don't know what law applies. > This doesn't mean that you have to take any action as it seems you live > in a country where any private software development already tends to be > illegal. > To state it again: I'm strictly against illegal copying but what you > state here is nonsense for a lot of countries. > -- > Andreas Steinmetz >
Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group
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