Re: [Patents] patented hacking

[PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>]

> 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.

Making copyrighted CDs accessible to an unoverseeable/unlimited number of
people (i.e. the public) is not legal.  As long as you do not do that, the
owners of the hacking patent in question will not be able to find you and
compromise your system.

> 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.

Maybe.  We needn't solve that problem in this forum.

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