Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple2:8562 comp.sys.amiga:71828 comp.sys.mac.misc:5828 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:3754 misc.legal:22660 alt.censorship:1041 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick) Message-ID: <1990Nov16.052249.16861@eng.umd.edu> Date: 16 Nov 90 05:22:49 GMT References: <2653@ttardis.UUCP> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 27 In article Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) writes: >(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. Then have big brother become the administrator of your gateway, and let them decide exactly which messages go through and which get stopped at the border. If usenet is restricted to those topics which are legal to discuss in all countries Usenet passes through, it will be a very empty place. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.