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Logically void

Logically void

Posted Oct 3, 2004 14:46 UTC (Sun) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
Parent article: A ruling in the bnetd DMCA case

Never mind the disputable facts ("limited commercial" etc.) The decision is logically inconsistent on its own terms. In particular, it relies on a circular argument: reverse-engineering is disallowed when used for copyright violation; it's a copyright violation because they reverse-engineered it, in violation of copyright...


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