Samba & DMCA

[Cole, Timothy D.]

It depends on how broadly you define "copy protection".  I forget the actual
language in the DMCA right now, but with enough shuffling I think it could
be interpreted as "intellectual property protection".  Consult a lawyer if
you really want to know. :P

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brodbeck [mailto:DavidB at mail.interclean.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:40
> To: Cole, Timothy D.
> Cc: 'samba-technical at samba.org'
> Subject: RE: Samba & DMCA
> 
> 
> Have they actually won the case?  If that's true, it may not 
> hold up in
> court.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cole, Timothy D. [mailto:timothy_d_cole at md.northgrum.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:36 PM
> To: 'David Brodbeck'; samba-technical at samba.org
> Subject: RE: Samba & DMCA
> 
> 
> As far as I know there isn't anything in bnet that does 
> either.  Not that it
> stopped Blizzard...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Brodbeck [mailto:DavidB at mail.interclean.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:47
> > To: samba-technical at samba.org
> > Subject: RE: Samba & DMCA
> > 
> > 
> > The DMCA covers software that provides a copy protection 
> > function.  There's
> > (currently) nothing in SMB that does this.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Maksim Yakubenko [mailto:yak at jet.msk.su]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:41 AM
> > To: samba-technical at samba.org
> > Subject: Re: Samba & DMCA
> > 
> > 
> > >         2) establishing  or interpreting portions of
> > >            the protocol as "anti-circumvention"
> > >            measures, and
> > 
> > I don't really understand this. That does this mean?
> > 
>