On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 17:36 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 15:31 -0700, Michael Best wrote: > >seth vidal wrote: > >>>>contributory infringement. > >>> > >>>? Infringement of what? Just curious, not sure what the concern is > >>>exactly. > >> > >> > >> If you link to sites that enable people to violate the DMCA you can be > >> found guilty of contributory infringement. > >> > >> infringement of copyright. > >> > >> -sv > > > >I understand the term, but what is in these repositories that is > >infringing, I'm curious as to an example. > > > > dvdcss, for one. > > mp3 support, for another. > > the list goes on and on. Same fun coming to Europe with the Copyright Directive from the EC (EU?) and software patents don't seem to want to die there either, so MP3, AAC, CDparanoia and many other things could fall under either copyright or patent infringement in Europe too. It's looking like it might not be just an issue for us the live in the USA .... welcome to the 21st century. Paul