Re: [MLUG] mpeg work?

["Ahmik" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/21577.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MLUG] mpeg work?


> *shrugs* The source is still out there. If they aren't releasing new
> versions others still can. Not everyone is under the jurisdiction of these
> shitty laws and some of us just don't give a rats ass what the law
> says. If you don't like a law vote against it -- and idiots that help pass
> them. If that doesn't help and things get worse than you consider bearable
> then simply assume the whole system is broken and disregard all laws it
> trys to place over you. That son of DMCA law (SSMCA or some such weird
> acronymn) scares the shit out of me. DMCA should be our last straw when it
> comes to taking away our rights.. if that new law passes I'm gonna join
> some nutty militant group and start blowing up government bigwigs or
> something. Either that or eat more cheese and pretend none of this is
> happening to me. Denial can be a wonderful thing. :)
>
> *^*^*^*
> Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> http://www.nomadphones.org
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Ahmik wrote:
>
> > They are saying thier pulling broadcast 2000 because of possible
liability
> > issues ?  That is like Ford/FireStone saying that they might possibly
have
> > liability issues with thier products, and do not intend to sell them
> > anymore.  Ack, is this the end of OpenSource/GPL as we know it.  Have
the
> > courts and commercial software really put and end to OS/GPL liked they
had
> > wished ?  Should the OS market pull thier products because they face the
> > possibility of lawsuits ?  Where does it stop ?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Igor Izyumin" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 6:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MLUG] mpeg work?
> >
> >
> > > > I had trouble trying to get broadcast 2000 to compile/work right.
> > > By the way, the people who made it said they had stopped distributing
it
> > due
> > > to liability issues.  Read slashdot for more info.  Extremely stupid.
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