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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Archo killing open source....Re: Archo killing open source....
From: mrlipring <mrlipring_at_tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 22:01:10 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Maxwell" <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: RE: Archo killing open source.... > David McIntyre wrote: > > > Archos can't be held responsible for > > someone else's use of their hardware to violate copyright > > laws. > > Don't kid yourself. The RIAA sued a college kid for "contributory > infringement" of copyright because he created a search engine that others > used to find MP3s (among other files) on a campus network. Look at Napster. > They were held responsible for the use of their hardware and software by > others violating copyright laws. Napster didn't store the MP3s. The MP3s > didn't pass through Napster's servers. All that Napster did was provide a > way for people to share files yet they were held responsible when those > sharing the files broke copyright laws. > > Regards, > Fred Maxwell > > not sure, but i think a part of the napster problem was that the peers' lists were cached on the napster servers. Received on 2003-11-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |