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Re: [SLE] The No DMCA license restricts US viewers of this site
  • From: "Theo v. Werkhoven" <twe-suse.e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:14:17 +0200
  • Message-id: <20021022181417.GC1638@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, zentara just had to get this off his chest:

> What do you think of this?
> http://www.thefreeworld.net/non-US/
>
> Can I really be fined just for reading something on the net?

Even worse, you risk jail time if you break these laws.

> This is scary.

That's an understatement..

> Is this for real?

It's your government mate (presumed you're a US citizen), but the
rest of the world isn't too happy with it either.

Theo
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