Hah, I don't really need a welcome, I've been here my whole life :) And he wasn't using the email list to discuss illegal activities, he was using the email list to get support for Freenet - exactly what it is here for.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Mike Cook <mikec...@pipeline.com> wrote: > Welcome to the USA. You need to be very careful these days in regard to > any discussion of file sharing. There are many legal pitfalls and many > with deep pockets just looking for an opportunity to sue. Like it or not > email lists are not a place to discuss illegal activities whether you > agree with the law or not. > > urza9...@gmail.com wrote: >> Wow, that's a bit...extreme. I mean there's a _huge_ difference >> between refusing to give someone support, which may or may not be >> legal, and completely banning them. I mean just because _you_ can't >> help him doesn't mean nobody else on this list can. Way to alienate a >> rather significant percentage of the user base. >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Matthew Toseland >> <t...@amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 18 October 2009 11:24:08 Toni Bergman wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> I present you with my graph. I'm downloading music from freenet. >>>> >>> Thanks for your detailed bug report. However, based on your graph, which >>> contains clear evidence of copyright infringement (there *is* legal music >>> on Freenet, but the Thaw instance shown includes stuff that is almost >>> certainly not legal), you have just earned a permanent ban from the support >>> list. Because of this I will not be able to act on any of the issues you >>> mentioned, as this would be equivalent to providing tech support to known >>> pirates. Please go away and don't come back. >>> >>> Sorry folks, but PIRACY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. >>> >>> This policy is the result of MGM vs Grokster, where the Supreme Court of >>> the United States of America found the defendant guilty because amongst >>> other reasons, it provided technical support to people it knew to be >>> engaged in copyright infringement. The EFF's peer to peer advice is not to >>> provide tech support at all, but IMHO this is more or less impossible for >>> an open source project. See here: >>> http://www.eff.org/wp/iaal-what-peer-peer-developers-need-know-about-copyright-law >>> >>> Freenet Project Inc is incorporated in the USA under Californian law. I >>> have a responsibility not to get them into legal trouble, although I am >>> based in England. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Support mailing list >>> Support@freenetproject.org >>> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support >>> Unsubscribe at >>> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support >>> Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe > -- Brian Flowers Webmaster, PSU Amnesty International http://clubs.psu.edu/up/amnesty President, PSU Students for a Sensible Drug Policy http://PennStateSSDP.org Vice President, PSU Linux Users Group http://clubs.psu.edu/up/lug Treasurer, PSU Amateur Radio Club http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/k3cr/ Developer, FCON (Freenet Classic OpenNet) http://fcon.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
