CDR: Re: MPAA thinks linking is illegal

Tom Vogt tom at ricardo.de
Wed Sep 13 01:09:55 PDT 2000


Steven Furlong wrote:
> > Now, the MPAA is trying to force me to remove a LINK to the code from
> > my class page.  This is enough to make me want to throw up.
> 
> Can you simply remove the <HREF> tag, but leave the address in as text?
> The reader would still be able to see where to go, but it wouldn't be a
> _link_.

this is what 2600 is trying.
most likely, the MPAA will get THAT disallowed. my guess is that 2600
will next *spell out* the links "double-u, double-u, double-u, dot, ..."

in a year or so, just thinking about decss will be illegal.






More information about the cypherpunks-legacy mailing list