On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Andreas Simon wrote: > On Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:54, Pascal Bleser wrote: > > > So, to summarize: libdvdcss2 is (L)GPL, but infringes patents because they > > break the conditions by which you are allowed to play encrypted DVDs. > > Apart from any patents libdvdcss2 circumvents a copy-protection of music data > media. The ownership, distribution, or usage of such copy-protection > circumventions is also illegal in some countries due to the law on copyright > (You already made the example of the german c't magazine which got sued > because of a mere hyperlink to such a circumvention). >
Heise got sued because in the new copyright law of Germany, not only ownership, distribution and usage are forbidden but even also to provide any information about how one can circumvent a copy-protection. And distributing a link is such an information. -- Dr. Martin Sommer Product Manager Consumer Products SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, D-90409 Nürnberg Phone: +49 (0) 911 740 530 Fax: +49 (0) 911 740 53 575 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
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