Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030274AbWA0DK4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:10:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030275AbWA0DK4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:10:56 -0500 Received: from h80ad2572.async.vt.edu ([128.173.37.114]:424 "EHLO h80ad2572.async.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030274AbWA0DK4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:10:56 -0500 Message-Id: <200601270310.k0R3AIrf014656@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Bernd Petrovitsch Cc: Ian Kester-Haney , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:42:24 +0100." <1138182144.4800.12.camel@tara.firmix.at> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <43D65211.20006@wolfmountaingroup.com> <441e43c90601241721o8b4a9e5rd3a237f70aa46dbb@mail.gmail.com> <1138182144.4800.12.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1138331417_2915P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:10:17 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1796 Lines: 47 --==_Exmh_1138331417_2915P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:42:24 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch said: > With the exception that I *can* circumvent the protection on PDFs *if* > I'm legally allowed to copy the copyrighted work (with or without the > owner's permission - this is one reason for a legal copy. But there are > others which cannot be inhibited by the copyright holder - which is > usually not the artist). Actually, in the US, it is in fact illegal to bypass a protection scheme *even if the content is something you have legal rights to*. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00001201----000-.html 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(A) says: (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter. The rest of 1201(a)(1) talks about getting an exemption, good for 3 years only, to allow you to bypass a control for a non-infringing use. Got that? You have to apply for special permission to bypass to get data that you have rights to use.... --==_Exmh_1138331417_2915P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFD2Y8ZcC3lWbTT17ARAkzwAJsESMFnNmRaXOxd2FxyvukU3z9gDgCgkg5X HnN5Jn+QteGfBHaEZ0+mHmI= =SOaY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1138331417_2915P-- - 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/