On December 29, peter.kuhm at plus.at said:
>> Isn't there any local contact concered with the (chilling)
> effects of the EUCD? Feel free to add infos on EUCD-Status,
I think you may find local contacts to be far more concerned with the
warming effects of kowtowing to external (generally American)
influences. Irish copyright law as it stands is actually /more/
restrictive than the DMCA, in that no provision is granted for fair
use (IIRC). Details in this post:
http://www.linux.ie/pipermail/ilug/2002-August/048911.html
Cheers,
Waider.
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