*sigh* - people being silly again. If all you have to do is not read the bit, it doesn't seem very effective to me . . .
Good wishes from a Slashdot reader. |
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126. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) –
01 May 2002 17:38:45
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Hi: Have you discussed this with CPAN folks at all? Is there consensus on how these acts will be handled on their end? You won't be the singular "case" they will have to deal with. It might turn out to be a necessary step in preparing for legal issues that arise.
thanks,
Tom Poe
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123. Anonymous (u196n3.hfx.eastlink.ca) –
27 Apr 2002 14:33:01
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The 1201(a)(1) claims are certainly baseless, yes.
Claims that it's a "circumvention device" (1201(a)(2)) don't apply for several reasons. The two most important ones are that 1. Embedding bits are not "technological measures..." as defined, and Embed is exempt from being a circumvention device because it was not designed for circumvention, and does not have only "limited commercially significant purpose or use" other than circumvention.
I'll probably be posting my response later tonight, which makes these points and others. |
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The threat from their lawyers is a bit on the false side. It looks like their complaint is centered on 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1) which has nothing to do with making a tool available. If you were posting hacked versions of their fonts or admitting to changing the "protection" bits on their fonts they would have the start of a case. Fortunatly, your tool doesn't even seem to fall into the "primarily designed" to circumvent a protection measure on a controlled work requirement of 1201(a)(2). If it goes to court, somebody needs a kick.
The anoying thing is that the lawyer who's name is on those letters, or at least his law firm, is in a building I walk past daily. I wish people like that didn't live in the same town as me. |
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Hmm, it's funny how, in that last letter, he spends pretty much the whole time going on about their embedding bit copy protection & details of what would be illegal about defeating that protection & distributing copy protection defeated versions of their fonts, eventually getting to the point & saying, "Use of 'embed' on a copyrighted font is a clear violation of the DMCA." But still, no claims about you doing anything that he's complaining about. And obviously they're not going to try to sue you for cracking & distributing their fonts, they they haven't attempted such ridiculous accusations yet, despite the claim that "statutory damages allow a recovery between $200 and $2,500 per act of circumvention," still with no mention of when you've ever circumvented their stupid fonts. Within all of that, they insert that you distributing embed clearly violates the digital millenium junks, but it's not very clear when they spend the whole rest of the letter talking about how naughty it is to crack & redistribute their own copyrighted fonts...
I also like how they put the word "bits" in quotes. I mean, there's nothing euphemistic about it, it really is just about lousy 1 bit. |
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Effective malarkey monster magnet, virtual beef log torte prawn is STILL legal. good gun and good pliers pet sounds trick = _________. brian eno was unavailable for comment. |
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If you don't know concentration, which gives you peculiar pleasure, your life looks like hell. |
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good pliers for american woman. |
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I guess it's removing links that have "banner" in them, or something?
I'm using proxomitron, which doesn't do silly things like that. (It does other silly things instead!) |
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81. Andrew (yale130132192228.student.yale.ed) –
21 Apr 2002 16:35:29
[ NEW: snoot banners ]
With webwasher working, this update looks like "There's now a section of on snoot.org. Don't forget to check out the page." Very bizarre. |
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80. DjWeeDY (modemcable091.168-200-24.mtl.mc.) –
20 Apr 2002 00:04:08
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SuperGreg, the biggest... sucker in the Djs world ! |
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79. Anonymous (dvpt12-180.cot.brightok.net) –
14 Apr 2002 21:45:11
[ Free Plexiglass! ]
How large is each sheet, mebe we can discuss what to do with it, I need windows, and am willing to pay freight.
Donn Martin
doarma@yahoo.com |
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78. Anonymous (dvpt12-180.cot.brightok.net) –
14 Apr 2002 21:44:57
[ Free Plexiglass! ]
How large is each sheet, mebe we can discuss what to do with it, I ned windows, and am willing to pay freight.
Donn Martin
doarma@yahoo.com |
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77. mariaski (spider-tl023.proxy.aol.com) –
12 Apr 2002 12:30:16
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school pride is so passe.
and the alphabet is over-rated.
bah. |
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a swift death come to all who apose the robots and the fuzzy bunnies and happy clowns. Don't think that I am crazy. So i have issues |
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75. Karthik (ip18.eliresearch.com) –
11 Apr 2002 16:41:16
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And rankings mean everything! |
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I enjoy fuzzy bunnies and happy clowns.and if your going to curse and swear at them then Ihope you die all of you thats right die. |
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who made this site? I love you! and those fuzzy bunnies and clowns you start to see after you look at the robots in the dark for along time. I also enjoy steve the dell kid, wait no, I hate him! He sucks at acting, and he looked bad in the tights on the christmas shopping commercial they had. I also don't like him because he lied to the girl in the commercial and said that he owned the nice car, when he really didn't.
Bye........ |
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72. Tom 7 (user-uivenpa.dsl.mindspring.com) –
10 Apr 2002 23:52:19
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Hock, you shouldn't be so down on your Alma Mater! |
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71. Anonymous (qn-212-58-167-232.quicknet.nl) –
10 Apr 2002 16:56:10
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70. Mad for Madison (cmu-29070.wv.cc.cmu.edu) –
10 Apr 2002 16:52:17
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I wish I were as cool as you Tom! |
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