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Kazaa Is Legal, Dutch Appeals Court Rules
Killjoy_b writes "
First, the courts in the Netherlands rule against Kazaa, in a higher appeal, the courts rule in favour of Kazaa saying "The software itself doesn't commit any illegal acts, it's the users that could do that, therefore the software is legal" Read the Dutch article on Webwereld
I like the way this turned out :)" Another Dutch reader wrote with this: " The Judge ruled that even if the users violated copyright, Kazaa did not. Important in the ruling were the facts that Kazaa does not rely on a central server, and that it is not bound to music or video files alone.
According to Webwereld (in Dutch) Kazaa is pondering if they should sue back for lost damages. After the first court ruling against Kazaa, they were forced to sell part of their business, for supposedly a too low prize. " And despite the the fact that both Taco and I are from Holland, MI, no, neither of us can speak/read Dutch - so don't ask us to translate. Update: 03/28 14:39 GMT by M : Reuters has an English summary.
They have computers over there!!!
I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
And despite the the fact that both Taco and I are from Holland, MI, no, neither of us can speak/read Dutch - so don't ask us to translate.
Bluf maar..
Smoking it is perfectly legal thou.
/Dread, *puff*
Gr
You just roll it up with some tobacco and smoke it maaan...
ugh, that's like drinking shandy you poof! (jk)
tobacco is a narcotic and cannabis is not
when ther govt. says that cannabis contains more harmful stuff than a cigarette they use un-filtered tobacco joints for their study so *of course* it will be worse!
do the decent thing, old chap, and use a bong!
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
Last I checked guns were used for hunting, and sporting activities apart from killing other people.
What?
Exactly. Their used to kill. That's one specific use.. While hunting may be legal, the idea is still to change alife into death.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
So? Sometimes killing is OK. If you have to kill an animal because it is in pain (or just becasue you want to eat it) - a gun is often the least painful way to do it.
You know, I'm an Animal Rights activist, but I'll agree with this. Compared to some ways that animals are killed, a properly placed bullet could be a lot less painful than some alternatives.
What?
Sure. So if that's what you use your gun for, more power to you. It's just I have this sneaky suspicion that very few people living in downtown LA use their .22's for putting injured animals out of their misery.
The difference between p2p and guns is that in one case an illegal use == a small loss in revenue, whereas in the other case illegal use == a dead guy. I'm against widespread use of guns for that reason, but I'm generally for free speech & lack of censorship. There are limits, and gun fights on my doorstep is one of them.
---- Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"