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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...<br>
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Isn't there a reverse engineering portion of the DMCA? Or is it part of
another ancronym'd legislative decision? <br>
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On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 10:24, Grant Johnson wrote:
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<pre><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anselmi@americanisp.net">anselmi@americanisp.net</a> wrote:</i></font></font><br><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>This is sadly funnny. bnetd is a free server that does what Blizzard's </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>battle.net server does. battle.net is a free multi-player server for Blizzard </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>games (Diablo, Starcraft, etc.)</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>></i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>The sad part is that Blizzard sent bnetd.org's ISP a letter which forced </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>removal of the site (see <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bnetd.org">www.bnetd.org</a>). Until the court battle is over, no </i></font></font><br><font colo
r="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>site. Hardly innocent until proven guilty.</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>></i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>The funny part is that some people claim DMCA is necessary for us to comply </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>with WIPO treaties - my understanding is that European intellectual property </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>laws are more strict than ours. So here's a French guy offering to host the </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>site since he isn't bound by DMCA (at least until he comes over here to visit).</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>></i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>>Sigh, I need some coffee...</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>></i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font
size="3"><i>I fail to see how this is a copyright issue. I may be nuts, but wasn't </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>the DMCA supposed to be extra copyright protection for digital media? </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i> If anything, this could be trademark infringement, but I see no </i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>copyright issues here at all. Nothing was copied.</i></font></font><br><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>_______________________________________________</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i>CLUE-Talk mailing list</i></font></font><br><font color="#737373"><font size="3"><i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CLUE-Talk@clue.denver.co.us">CLUE-Talk@clue.denver.co.us</a></i></font></font></pre>
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