Yes! It's absolutely critical to examine this distinction (if indeed, there is a distinction to be found.)
Stranger still, if you take the Register's account, the TV-Links arrest is based on trademark law! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/tv_links_trademark_law/ This is a new tactic, AFAIK. Kevin On 10/23/07, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
