Re: [Patents] patented hacking

[Philippe Coulonges <cphil@cphil.net>]

Le Jeudi 11 Juillet 2002 01:38, PILCH Hartmut a écrit :
> > This method sucks. One example: violating copyrights is punishable by
> > 6 months in prison, while hacking can be punished for upto 4 years in
> > prison.
>
> Can the mere fact of intruding another system be punished with 4 years?
> Or only when it is combined with other offenses, such as transferring
> money to one's bank account? 

Or destroying others people hard drives.

I feel concerned as I use P2P to copy my own CDs.
I have some of them in my parents house (I don't have much space) and I have 
a 
list of my titles. I use P2P as a facility to copy rather than encode titles 
rigthly owned. I think that usage is perfectly legal.

On the other hand, destroying my CD is likely to destroy about a week of my 
work + the time needed for the reconstruction. These people are criminals, 
they must be treated as such.

CU
CPHIL

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