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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> It may be and it may not be. Intellectual Property case law is changing
> every day. Months ago, it was not illegal to post links to things containing
> illegally obtained information. I seem to remember hearing or reading
> somewhere recently that some court somewhere recently decided the opposite.
No such decision yet. The DeCSS case is in progress right now, and those of
us who care about freedom of speech and the web in general sure hope it'll
come down the other way. In fact, an important question in that case is
whether source code is speech, with the strong implication (from both the
defendants and the court) that if it is decided to be speech (as opposed to
being equivalent to a mechanical device), prohibiting linking runs against
first amendment issues.
> p.s. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and the above is not legal advice.
Ditto, of course.
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| (...) James Powell mentioned the bad news already on another thread (or was it another sub-branch of this huge thread?), but it bears repeating here for posterity... Here's a link to the Slashdot story for those who haven't seen it yet: (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) You will have to consult an attorney specializing in Intellectual Property or ask LEGO and trust what they say back. (...) It may be and it may not be. Intellectual Property case law is changing every day. Months ago, it was not illegal to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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