On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 12:52, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 03:46, JoeHill wrote: > > > http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1374232,00.html > > > > It was bound to happen, as it's being used for film and music sharing as > > well as legitimate uses. I can't see it succeeding in Europe, as it is > > just the agent, and it is the use that can be illegal. It would be like > > suing the Post Office for carrying messages posted by criminals. In USA, > > of course, common sense does not prevail. > > Actually, I would rather have had that particular case in the US. The web > sites in question are carrying links to bittorrent downloads. So, that would > be like arresting me for talking about marijuana because the drug itself is > illegal. 1st Amendment would have been ALL over that in the US. We might > have finally gotten that pesky DMCA crap ruled illegal. > > > Sorry if that offends anyone, > > but I think that most who have been following events re patents etc will > > agree. > > Well, to be fair, the first prosecution of DVD-Jon for cracking CSS was in > Norway. Every country has their own particular brand of stupidity.
Norway's brand of stupidity was to arrest him at the request of the USA when he hadn't broken any laws in Norway. -- prm --
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