Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10

Rik van Riel
2001-10-22T18:05:58Z

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 Wayne.Brown@altec.com wrote:

> I never said that Alan, or any particular individual, should
> risk a lawsuit or jail. I simply said that I hoped *someone
> outside the US* (that is, someone not subject to US laws) would
> make the information available.

If you publish to the US, you can be sued under US law.

> Surely there are places in the world that are beyond the reach
> of the DMCA. How about those European sites that made strong
> encryption available to circumvent the US export restrictions on
> encryption technology? I never heard of the FBI raiding any of
> them.

There's a german guy named as one of the defendants in
the DVD lawsuit in California. He has never even been
to California, but could end up being convicted for
doing something which is perfectly legal in Germany.

I don't think I want to take the risk of getting charged
with a crime in the US for something perfectly legal here.
I'd rather lock out the US and leave the legal risks to the
people who elected the folks who put these laws in place...

regards,

Rik
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