Re: WIPO Copyright Treaty Article 11 & Grammar

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:49:15 -0700

On 4/24/98, Bob Schwartz <shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> wrote (regarding H.R. 2281's Section 1201(b)(2)(B):
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> This comes close to declaring that in order to be in violation of this
> provision, the offender must infringe a copyright. This is something to
> which the backers of the proposal will not agree. Hence, in my opinion,
> the reason for the original circularity.

I disagree. This provision says that the offender will be liable if he does what is specified in 1201(b)(1), i.e., manufacture, import, etc., something that is primarily designed for circumventing the protection (1201(b)(1)(A) OR one of the other two conditions specified in (B) and (C).

No one has to infringe. No one has to even circumvent.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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Received on Sat Apr 25 1998 - 14:48:17 GMT