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.
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