[MPlayer-dev-eng] FFII software patent demo, politics, KiSS

attila attila at kinali.ch
Wed Jul 21 15:04:21 CEST 2004


Hoi Christof,

Why was i sure that you would respond to my mail ? :)

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:44:36PM +0200, Christof Buergi wrote:
 
> </lurk>
> This particular law has been mitigated on 2004-04-01 (no kidding ;).
> It now says:
> 
> "Copys of audiovisual works must not be resold or leased, if this
> impedes the originators right of representation."
> 
> In english: "You must not sell or lease imported videos, if the
> movie's in the theaters, and there is no official video on the local
> market."
> <lurk>

How do the shops handle it ? I know that there were movements
to silently ignore this law by some shop owners. Did anything
happen there ?

			Attila Kinali




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