[Gllug] EU council streaming petition

[Jason Clifford]

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> Nope. Fair use, despite what our American friends may have you believe. 
> The DMCA does not apply in Europe.

I'm afraid you are wrong. There is no such thing as a fair use exemption 
in the UK - that is a US specific thing.

> Microsoft can threaten anyone with a lawsuit any time they want, as can I.

But you don't have a history of bringing the suits and you don't have 
billions in the bank with which to tie people up in courts they cannot 
afford.

MS exec's have already started indicating that they will soon look to 
using their patent portfolio in the war against Free Software competition.

Jason
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