Re: WIPO Copyright Treaty Article 11 & Grammar

On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> On 4/24/98, Bob Schwartz <shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> wrote (regarding H.R.
> 2281's Section 1201(b)(2)(B):
> >
> > 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.

My comment was not about the actual 1201(b)(2)(B), but about your attempt to recast it to clarify its meaning.

Bob Schwartz
<shebam[_at_]access.digex.net> Received on Tue Apr 28 1998 - 12:31:39 GMT