Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 15:49:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
cc: Christian Borntraeger <linux@borntraeger.net>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: ide-related kernel panic in 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-pre11
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I am in California, USA where the Law exists.
Please note the question in quotes was directed back at me.
I assumed nothing about the country of origin from the original poster.
Please respect the point of not putting "me" in a compromised position.

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:

> Andre Hedrick wrote:
> > So could you ask the question a little more blunt?
> > 
> > "Gee, I am trying to break a US Law on content protection, would you be my
> > enabler?  Don't worry, it only effects the US, and we are in a public
> > forum.  Also, do you prefer gray or black in your future pin stripped
> > suit?"
> > 
> I'm not taking any side in this, but:
> 
> US law != World law (and hopefully this will stay so for a long time)
> 
> Looking at the originators address and name he's from germany. FYI: 
> There's no provision in the law here that denies you personal copies of 
> copy protected contents assuming you own the original.
> In fact you even pay for this use when buying emtpy media, regardless if 
> for data backup or copying.
> So what may be illegal in the US is legal in other countries and 
> royalties are already taken care of (by law).
> As I do assume that in case of this posting the actual target was a 
> personal record compilation for mobile use you should not accuse people 
> lightly of breaking the law when you seemingly don't know what law applies.
> This doesn't mean that you have to take any action as it seems you live 
> in a country where any private software development already tends to be 
> illegal.
> To state it again: I'm strictly against illegal copying but what you 
> state here is nonsense for a lot of countries.
> -- 
> Andreas Steinmetz
> 

Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group


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