[CLUE-Talk] DMCA vs. bnetd.

[Grant Johnson]

There is a reverse engineer provision, but it is reverse engineering to 
circumvent copy controls that is specified.  Once again, no copy, no 
copyright problem...

Dave Hahn wrote:

> Isn't there a reverse engineering portion of the DMCA?  Or is it part 
> of another ancronym'd legislative decision?
>
> On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 10:24, Grant Johnson wrote:
>
>anselmi at americanisp.net wrote:
>
>>This is sadly funnny.  bnetd is a free server that does what Blizzard's 
>>battle.net server does.  battle.net is a free multi-player server for Blizzard 
>>games (Diablo, Starcraft, etc.)
>>
>>The sad part is that Blizzard sent bnetd.org's ISP a letter which forced 
>>removal of the site (see www.bnetd.org).  Until the court battle is over, no 
>>site.  Hardly innocent until proven guilty.
>>
>>The funny part is that some people claim DMCA is necessary for us to comply 
>>with WIPO treaties - my understanding is that European intellectual property 
>>laws are more strict than ours.  So here's a French guy offering to host the 
>>site since he isn't bound by DMCA (at least until he comes over here to visit).
>>
>>Sigh, I need some coffee...
>>
>I fail to see how this is a copyright issue.  I may be nuts, but wasn't 
>the DMCA supposed to be extra copyright protection for digital media? 
> If anything, this could be trademark infringement, but I see no 
>copyright issues here at all.  Nothing was copied.
>
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