From phm@a2e.de  Tue Feb  6 19:23:11 2001
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:23:11 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] Re: Copyright ... for a change

> Among the amendments approved was a provision allowing copyright
> owners to employ technical protection measures, such as encryption, to
> prevent their works from being pirated.

Of course encryption is allowed.
What is new about this?
Some journalist must have gotten it all wrong.
I suspect that we are facing a ban on decryption which could bring
something like the DeCSS trial to Europe.







