Bjorn Felten wrote to Kurt Weiske on Sunday August 26 2012 at 00:10:

KW>> The specific sections are available online at
KW>> http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107, and section 117
KW>> specifically covers computer programs.

BF> Ah, thanks a million, Kurt! Very interesting reading. And very
BF> reasonable wordings -- it's a pity that US judges seem to have the
BF> power to make their own precedences as they go ahead.

KW>> to be fair we should take this discussion somewhere else. Someone
KW>> want to resurrect BBSLAW? :)

BF> Sounds like a plan. Question is can we have this echo truly
BF> international, considering that all countries have different laws?

Truly one-sided, you mean. I repeat my comment to you of 25 August (it did
_not_ come from Kurt):

RB>> Instead of carrying your illegal file sharing ideas over here, you
RB>> should concentrate them in FIDONEWS. At least that woukld keep the
RB>> stuff out of echos that are supposed to be dealing with a specific
RB>> subject, such as this one.

I thought this echo dealt with Argus and not with your private agenda. Thanks
to you, it meanwhile looks like a clone of FIDONEWS.

Cheers, Bob

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