On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
One thing that has frustrated me is that we seem before to have just
turned a blind eye to the whole lot even though we know its there. Only
now are we making it clearer as to the reasons why mp3's and the
propietary software are not supported.
Better late than never, and hard to do everything right the first time.
However let me ask this is it illegal to add a 3rd party repo or is
it
only illegal if the content on it is wrong?
It's *probably* illegal to add 3rd party repos that we know to include
infringing content -- because that would be the same as *knowingly
directing users to illegal content*. Because most 3rd party repos don't
care much about these issues (largely because they don't have to), it's
too risky for us to refer users directly to these repos.
I'm not being stupid I don't understand where the line is
because I'm
lucky we don't have that law in Australia at the moment I'm sure that will
change.
Part of the problem is that the line isn't bright and clear. For that
reason, we will be quite conservative in the decisions we make abut what
might infringe.
--g
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