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Lord_Majestic - 12:48 pm on Aug 16, 2004 (gmt 0)


I'm not sure why a freely-available, free download can be blocked with the DMCA

Does not DMCA cover copyrighted material as well? Just because its free does not mean people can distribute it without copyright holder's permission - example are free content pages hosted by many members of this board.

As unofficial distribution is apparently now illegal

Almost always was...

does that mean that we can't download once and share the file with friends on dialup by giving them a CD?

Pretty much so...

This situation will be either legally fixed or people will continue to defy the law in a way that is not possible to police.


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