Text 20743, 77 rader
Skriven 2006-01-02 11:40:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
  Kommentar till text 20671 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Editor's censorship
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Hello Ross,

 >>> http://felten.yi.org/S*CRET.HTM

 >>> His collection of MP3's, some of which are from Swedish groups
 >>> (AHA, ABBA)

 MV>> I see no link or chain of links from his home page to the page you
 MV>> mention. That page must be a restricted page and to access it you must
 MV>> have used some kind of crack.

 > If you scroll to the bottom of the page, lower right corner,
 > he has a [xx] symbol, click on it.

Ah, now you are doing it again. You make public instructions for bypassing a
copy protection. And you did it all by yourself, no policeman posing as a
fourteen year old girl entrapping you.

 > Its no crack you dumb ass.

Call it what you like, it IS an instruction on how to bypass a copy protection.

You may argue that Björn uses a lousy copy protection scheme. But that is not
going to help you.

Lucky for the record industry, the law says nothing about the quality of copy
protect schemes. Since they are always cracked within a matter of days, they
all are lousy aren't they?

The law does not put standards on copy protection. It merely says it is illegal
to make publish methods to bypass them.

And that is what you just did.

 MV>> It seems to me that is is *you* who is breaking the law.

 > How so.

Publishing instructions on how to bypass a copy protection is against the law.
(In the Netherlands and possible Sweden and the USA as well)

 MV>> Publishing cracks to bypass a copy protection is illegal. At
 MV>> least in The Netherlands. And possibly in Sweden and the USA
 MV>> as well. You published such a crack by making public the url
 MV>> to the directory where the music can be downloaded.

 > Hardly, the info is all accessible on the pages..

Doesn't matter. As far as the law is concerned it is hidden.

 > You do know what happens when a mouse pointer passes over a
 > link within a browser dont you?

It does not say "click here to download". That's enough.

 MV>> subpage. Better stay away from the Netherlands for a while...

 > I have no intention of visiting any third world
 > under-developed countries.

Afraid we'd give you some of you own medicine and pull a "Menno Blom" on you?

 MV>> It his his system, he is responsible for the legality of its contents.
 MV>> Where he draws the line is his decision to make, not yours. If you
 MV>> disagree with his decision, put your money where your mouth is, hop on
 MV>> a plane, fly to Sweden, hire a Swedish lawyer and drag him into court.
 MV>> See how far you get. Or... shut up.

 > All I am saying is he is less than genuine on honoring copyrights.

You are entitled to you opinion. He is responsible for his system. If he wants
to take the cautious road in case of uncertainty that is his decision to make.

Cheers, Michiel

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