Comments on: France quashes DRM ruling http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8064 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8064/comment-page-1#comment-35548 Reader's Write Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:14:30 +0000 #comment-35548 This story has been widely misreported as indicating that the French court banned DVD copying. Not at all - they merely backed off from the position that the DVD suppliers are obligated to make copying possible. This story has been widely misreported as indicating that the French court banned DVD copying. Not at all – they merely backed off from the position that the DVD suppliers are obligated to make copying possible.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8064/comment-page-1#comment-35519 Reader's Write Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:03:33 +0000 #comment-35519 Thi story illustrates how laws are not understandable. A citizen does an act and a court says it is ok. Then another court contradicts the judge. The question: How was the citizen to know at the beginning how to interpret the law? Now the next citizen, to interpret the law must read the jurisprudence of the two courts! And as jurisprudence builds, so does the confusion grow. This is why a downlowader or copier of a CD can never know if the use of what he/she is sold is legal and wether he/she may be a criminal doing jail time. Yes... Bastards designed the legal system. While the people twiddle and suck their thumbs. In France and elsewhere. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com Thi story illustrates how laws are not understandable.

A citizen does an act and a court says it is ok.
Then another court contradicts the judge.

The question: How was the citizen to know at the beginning how to interpret the law?

Now the next citizen, to interpret the law must read the jurisprudence of the two courts! And as jurisprudence builds, so does the confusion grow.

This is why a downlowader or copier of a CD can never know if the use of what he/she is sold is legal and wether he/she may be a criminal doing jail time.

Yes…
Bastards designed the legal system. While the people twiddle and suck their thumbs. In France and elsewhere.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

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