Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 05:01:29 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/ijb - Imported sources Message-ID: <19980504050129.52485@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980503223211.20104I-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from Matthew N. Dodd on Sun, May 03, 1998 at 10:41:43PM -0400 References: <19980504041342.42915@follo.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980503223211.20104I-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 10:41:43PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > Blocking software a la ijb only end up repeating the endless war between > > crackers/pirates (that's you), and those writing copy/content protection. > > I beg your pardon. I don't believe that you have any valid basis for > calling me a cracker/pirate. You've gone a bit too far too quickly on > your moral high horse. Ah, so you _do_ have a respect for copyright at some level. Neat - it means there is some way to evoke your feelings ;-) You're employing a crack (that's ijb) to avoid paying for (that's viewing ads) the production of software/content. You may or may not be inside the law - that's not something that I'm qualified to determine. However, it is fairly clear that what you're doing deprive the rightful owner/creator of their payment - which is what is the point of piracy. It might not feel like it, but in practice it has the exact same results. You don't have to like it, but I can't see any reason to retract my statement :-( > > I don't even remember if that was the correct case. I remember that > > there is a California statute against 'instruments for crime' or > > information which makes things work as an instrument for crime; I'm not > > certain if it came up in the Neidorf case. I remember having seen it in > > use about 5 years ago, and I think I remember it being in CUD. I'd have > > to dig through old CUDs to find it - I haven't saved them (I haven't > > read CUD for 5 years or so, so it is some time ago). > > This isn't the 'criminal paraphernalia' (most of the junk I haul around in > my backsack could be considered such) is it? Thats so broad as to be > absurd. Porobably. It was used against people selling blue boxes at one time, and I believe it was attempted employed against Craig (but I might remember wrongly here). > However, since you seem to be a practicing copyright lawyer I'll have to > defer my opinions and conjecture on this issue to your expert judgements. I'm not in any way a practicing lawyer (as if you didn't know that ;-). I attempt to be a practicing ethical human being; I don't even always pass that test... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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