Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263850AbTEFPpc (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 11:45:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263893AbTEFPpc (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 11:45:32 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.181.120]:63363 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263850AbTEFPpa (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 11:45:30 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 15:58:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <20030428115740.3a6c2a97.skraw@ithnet.com> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1052236682 11857 212.34.181.4 (6 May 2003 15:58:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 15:58:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2003 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1138 Lines: 21 Stephan von Krawczynski writes: >copy-protected I cannot do that _legally_, because breaking the protection is >against DMCA. Now you just created the case where _buying_ something does not You live in which country? So why do you care about archaic law in foreign countries? The DMCA doesn't apply (yet) to the E.U. It might be illegal in the UK to drive on the motorway on the right side. This doesn't stop me from doing so over here in Germany. Copying a CD for private use is perfectly legal here in Germany. Copy protecting a CD is also perfectly legal over here in Germany. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH hps@intermeta.de +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/