Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: >> But downloading a piece of software from Debian opens me up to the >> possibility of frivolous lawsuits from the copyright holder, something >> that did not occur before. How is that not a cost? > > Why did it not exist before? Your assumption seems to be a > sociopathic copyright owner. I think that is an inappropriate > assumption, but sociopaths and frivolous lawsuits are seldom rational.
Exactly. It's not a cost because exactly the same thing could happen anyway. The same is true of choice of venue clauses - the bringer of the suit could claim that their local venue had jurisdiction over me, even if this isn't actually the case. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
