On 08/05/07, Rich Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
Darko Bulatovic wrote:
In the eyes full of fear no one can be trusted. And that is not civilized. Now is quite clear that those numbers are not illegal by the DMCA, but th this situation show how one group of people can take freedom from others just by suspecting that they will use it as illegal.
Ah. I didn't realize that you were an expert in US law. Please do make sure that everyone else understands that your expertise is the only expertise that matters in this case.
</sarcasm>
When Ed Felten countersued the RIAA, asking a court to declare his work was *not* illegal, the RIAA backpedaled so fast as to break the land speed record for reverse circumnavigation by bicycle - they *really* didn't want that question asked. Quoting the number is extremely far from clearly illegal, and you don't have to be a US legal expert to know that. Your sarcastic ad hominem is not only ridiculous, but simply incorrect.
- d.