From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T20:16:01+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

Yep, this was one of the scarier points. Making DRM illegal to  
circumvent, stepping on the Fair Use doctrine, but not doing it  
clearly. This was used to jail a Russian who allegedly broke Adobe's  
eBook DRM scheme.
On Mar 23, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:27:04AM +0900, Faisal N Jawdat wrote:
>> On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
>>> In the US, you can end up in criminal court for activities related
>>> to infringement, but not for the infringement itself.
>>
>> IANAL, but I believe that is not the case, at least on a Federal  
>> level:
>>
>> Prior to 1997, it was illegal to crime to commit copyright
>> infringement for commercial or financial gain.  The 1997 No
>> Electronic Theft Act makes it illegal to willfully infringe a
>> copyright (over a fairly minimal threshold) _without_ commercial
>> advantage or financial gain.  Possible penalties include fines and
>> jail time.
>>
>> Details here:
>>
>> http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/17-18red.htm
>>
>> Again, I am not a lawyer.
>
> Alas, I don't have time to read that right now.  I'll get to it later.
> For now, I'll just stipulate that your statement is correct as
> presented, and say "Wow, I wasn't aware of that bit.  Thank you for  
> the
> information."
>
> -- 
> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
> Ben Franklin: "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of
> others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any
> Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."
>