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Chris Gianelloni posted <1086977160.28454.108.camel@localhost>, excerpted |
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below, on Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:06:00 -0400: |
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> Perhaps if we had a section in the documentation along the lines of: |
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> "Due to the DMCA, we are unable to describe exactly how to get the boot |
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> loader onto the system. You can find this information on the xbox-linux |
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> site at xbox-linux.org" |
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Assuming the documentation itself breaks the DMCA, wouldn't this do so to? |
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Wasn't someone gagged by the MPA(N)A (N=Nazi <g>) for posting *LINKS* to |
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DeCSS? |
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Maybe that worked its way thru the courts and was eventually allowed. I |
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don't know. However, depending on the circumstances, it could still be |
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asking for nuisance suits. |
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What about this instead? |
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"Due to the DMCA, we are unable to describe exactly how to get the boot |
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loader onto the system. We cannot even LINK to them due to US censorship. |
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However, the information IS out there, and as they say, 'Google is your |
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friend.'" |
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If even THAT is considered to close, just leave it as .."the information |
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IS out there, if you wish to go looking for it." |
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IANAL and all that, but IMO, it'd be pretty hard to gag the last form. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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