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If the metadata in question is used specifically for the purpose of distributing copyrighted material then how should it not be?
by techthroway443 10y ago
If the metadata in question is used specifically for the purpose of distributing copyrighted material then how should it not be?
- __jal 10y agoYou just made searching the internet for an ISBN or employing the Dewey Decimal System illegal. Congrats! I think you instead meant to imply some sort of intent test. That gets very difficult very quickly. Figuring out how to write the RIAA's perpetual money-machine into law while not destroying section 230 or accidentally banning photocopiers is your next task.
- techthroway443 10y agoI'm failing to see the connection between magnet links to download copyrighted material and searching for an ISBN.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoISBN numbers have identified copyrighted works since 1967.
- SolarNet 10y agoMagnet links are basically just deterministically computed ISBNs for arbitrary data. Here is the magnet link for a zero length file. magnet:?xt=urn:ed2k:31D6CFE0D16AE931B73C59D7E0C089C0&xl=0&dn=zero_len.fil How is that different than: 978-0262510875 "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition"