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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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> 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
--
Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org
ICBM 52 8 24N , 4 32 40E.
SuSE 8.0 x86
Kernel k_Athlon 2.4.19-4GB
See headers for PGP/GPG info.
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