On 04/10/05, Martin Sommer
Heise got sued because in the new copyright law of Germany, not only ownership, distribution and usage are forbidden but even also to provide any information about how one can circumvent a copy-protection. And distributing a link is such an information.
Without slagging off anyone's country and their laws (God knows the UK have such a great history on stupid laws) that is a really scary law. Doesn't that effectively mean that any discussion of reverse enginneering is illegal in Germany. I know that's not what the law is trying to do but it looks like that is a very likely side effect. have fun Marcus -- Photos : www.flickr.com/photos/marcusc Blog : marcusbrain.blogspot.com `The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.' HST