On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 06:11:07PM -0500, William T Wilson wrote: > I am thinking that while it might not be possible to shut down a Gnutella > or Freenet by suing the operating company, it might be possible to stifle > development by suing individual software authors.
<ianal>Yes, you're right. Be prepared for legal action of some kind if you do _any_ multimedia or peer-to-peer work, either because of DRM, charges of contributory infringement, or because of someone's bogus software patent.</ianal> We live in interesting times. If you're a peer-to-peer developer, Robin Gross at EFF will give you a consultation to help you get your legal act together _before_ the lawsuit happens. -- Don Marti "I've never sent or received a GIF in my life." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bruce Schneier, Secrets and Lies, p. 246. http://zgp.org/~dmarti/ (Free the Web: http://burnallgifs.org/)
