[82843] in Cypherpunks
Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike)
Mon Jul 7 08:50:32 1997
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 14:12:40 +0200
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com>
Reply-To: Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com>
Bill Frantz wrote:
>Excuse me. Certain parts of that CDROM are already available overseas.
>If they are not posted to the net how does that prevent them from being
>available overseas?
You mean that it would be fine for foreigners to copy and sell the CD, but
not to put it on the net? Well, copyright law being what it is, makes this
a bit tricky. An ftp administrator have never been sentenced for copyright
violation (please correct me if I'm wrong), but CD copiers are thrown in jail
all the time. The distinction that the courts make is that of profit.
Sure, they can buy the book, but the electronic version is obviously more
useful to some people, or there wouldn't be any market for it.
I know foreigners who would like to put a copy of Applied Cryptography in
their PalmPilots, to carry around for reference. They can't do that legaly,
and that makes crypto less accessible.
Mike.
