I think it's an interesting thought to distinguish what TV Links was doing with what OiNK was doing.
That is, is there a difference between embedding hyperlinked HTTP objects and running a Bit Torrent tracker? F On 10/23/07, Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Kevin Driscoll wrote: > > > In a matter of days, two significant distributed online archives are > > closed. Neither service stored files containing music or video. The > > TV-Links story is particularly disturbing as it blends the "piracy" > > concept with the hyperlink. > > It reminds me of how infuriated I was eight years about when the magainze > _2600_ was found liable for *linking* to the DVD decoding software package > called DeCSS. From what I recall, Salon linked to it and wasn't sued. > > It would be an interesting world if the laws on the books were enforced > fairly and equally, no matter the background-color your website uses. > Until then, I guess, I'll be infuriated. > > -- Asheesh. > > -- > Genius is the talent of a person who is dead. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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