Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple2:8548 comp.sys.amiga:71792 comp.sys.mac.misc:5813 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:3730 misc.legal:22651 rec.music.synth:17179 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!inria!bull.bull.fr!cediag!Patrick.Hayes From: Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal,rec.music.synth Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick) Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 90 11:47:29 GMT References: <2653@ttardis.UUCP> Sender: news@bull.bull.fr Organization: Cediag Bull S.A., Louveciennes, France Lines: 32 In-reply-to: cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 10 Nov 90 02:57:49 GMT Followups-To: misc.legal (seems to be crossposted a bit too widely -- note the Followups-To) One of the assumptions implicit in the majority of postings in this thread seems to be that USENET is limited to the USA, and that American laws are the only ones that hold jurisdiction. However, most USENET posts do not have a usa distribution and thus are distributed in other countries where laws can be quite different. Re: posting copy-protection info Legal or Illegal US law (Copyright law of '76) states that this information cannot be legally restrained. Well and good (IMO), but French law, based on different legal principles considers this kind of thing to be "unfair competition" (Concurrence Deloyal). Judgements have been handed down to the detriment of companies that distribute software like copyIIpc which bypass copy-protection schemes including heavy monetary damages. As EEC copyright laws are being debated right now and at present appear to be much closer to French laws than their American counterparts, the legality of distributing this kind information throughout USENET is murkier than at first sight. Pat Disclaimer: I'm no lawyer, All my knowlege on the subject comes from newspaper articles in the French press so there may be innaccuracies. Also, I've said all I'm going to on this subject. -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+