[Upd-discuss] Google public domain library?

[Michael Hart]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Yannick Delbecque wrote:

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> On December 16, 2004 10:16 am, Michael Hart wrote:
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>> From what I have heard, they are planning very serious DRM on all of it.
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>> Whether they claim copyright or not, they will make it illegal to "break
>> in" to get any public domain data other than what they give you.
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> I'm not american and I do not know the details of the DMCS act, but doesn't it
> forbid to circonvent DRM technologies applied to *copyrighted* works only?

I'm sure there are plenty of laws against breaking in to copy ANY files,
public domain or not.

Not to mention that they can always add something copyrighted or trademarked
to the file. . . .

mh