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Rob1n 2010-04-01 09:32

Re: On the distribution of copyrighted material
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zwer (Post 591034)
1) We can have a wiki page explaining where to get the ROMs, with links and all that, and leave it to the user if he/she wants to break the (arguably stupid) law. Emulators can then point to such a page, if they depend on external ROMs (like BIOSes and such), should they not find what's required and let the users deal with such legal annoyance. Having a page with links to the copyrighted/illegal material cannot be prosecuted by any copyright law I am aware of, and such two-step apporoach is user-friendly enough while not endangering the maemo.org community.

That does cause potential issues - see the recent NewzBin case. Distributing the software and providing clear links and instructions for downloading copyright content could be seen as promoting copyright violation.


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