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22465: Re: [MUD-Dev] DCMA -- another weapon in the fight against Emulators

From: <bruce@cubik.org>

> That's a legal analysis of the situation and eventually ends with:

>    "It seems pretty clear that even if bnetd is a circumvention
>    device, then it clearly falls under the exemption of
>    1201(f)(2), since any circumvention is only for the purpose of
>    achieving interoperability between bnetd and the Blizzard
>    game. Such interoperability does not constitute infringement,
>    since it does not violate sections 106-118 or 602."

argh bruce.  you are going to force me to read that aren't you.  It
was a lot easier in the early days when the lawyers would just say
things like "just change 20%" or "...as long as you didn't have
access to the code...".

frank



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