[vorbis] CBDTPA

[Andy Dale]

sounds to me that open-source, freeware, & shareware would become no longer.
meaning bye-bye to Ogg Vorbis.  there's no way that this could pass.

Andy
andycool22 at peoplepc.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Moritz Grimm" <gtgbr at gmx.net>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: [vorbis] CBDTPA

<p>: Hi,
:
:
: John Zitterkopf sent a mail to his beta-testers and registered users
: about the "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act"
: containing this link:
:
http://www.vanshardware.com/articles/2002/03/020325_CBDTPA/020325_CBDTPA.htm
:
: Although I'm not an American, I find it quite interesting and
: disturbing, which is why I want to share it to the list. I think it
: might well affect Ogg Vorbis. Does anybody know more about it? To me,
: this sounds like America's shooting its own legs once again, in the
: tradition of the DMCA and the SSSCA ...
:
: I can't say that I understand at all why and how such stupid things can
: happen in America. It'd be nice if someone more into this matter could
: shed some light on it, especially if and how it could affect Ogg Vorbis
: (because it's the most important open source project based in America to
: me).
:
:
: Moritz
:
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