Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 14:08:42 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: signature (was Re: copyright issues regarding FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010317140842.D385@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <200103152232.PAA23599@usr05.primenet.com> References: <v04220806b6d6eabbcdbc@[194.78.241.123]> <200103152232.PAA23599@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: > >Heh... quoting from the referenced article: > >| The DMCA prohibits anyone from publishing or publicly >| distributing any hardware or software that "is primarily >| designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing >| protection afforded by a technological measure that >| effectively protects a right of a copyright owner." > >So if the technological measure is ineffective, then it's OK >to publish and publically distribute it, right? Unfortunately I think they are using "effectively" in the sense "in effect" rather than "efficatiously". Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at SOUTH SHANNON: EASTERLY 5 OR 6. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MAINLY MODERATE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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