And another Ubuntu convert!

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>
>   
>> On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 07:06 +0100, Gilles Gravier wrote:
>>     
>>> DMCA doesn't apply in France. Only in the USA...
>>>       
>> I have news for you:
>>
>>     
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_the_harmonisation_of_certain_aspects_of_copyright_and_related_rights_in_the_information_society>
>
>   
>> Unlike Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which only
>> prohibits circumvention of access control measures, InfoSoc Directive
>> also prohibits circumvention of copy protection measures, making it
>> potentially more restrictive. 
>>     
> Potentially.  They're taking different directions.  DMCA sometimes makes it 
> illegal for me to play a DVD, which I legally own, on my laptop.  The 
> InfoSoc directive does not, aiui.  So DMCA is _also_ potentially more 
> restrictive.
>   
And still doesn't apply in France... nor anywhere ELSE than in the USA,
as far as I understand US law.

Gilles