Olli speaks about CloneCD and its future, perhaps an update soon?

Reaction Posted by Olli on 06 September 2003 -
10:41:

Good idea, lapinou, but I can't... ever heard of the new European
copyright law? This makes CloneCD and Blindwrite illegal in all european
countries (AFAIK in Italy and Austria it already is, in Germany it will be
within the next days). Don't argue, that "this law isn't yet an active
law" in France, it won't help you much, I am afraid, especially if you
sell to Germany...

Further I am not so sure about SONY's patents for SecuRom (copying this
protection might violate their patents - if they have patented it -,
especially the "Plextor Premium" trick). They once tried to sue me because
of the "Don't repair Subchannel option" in CloneCD, not to mention
Macrovision's constant threats.

Unfortunately moving out of the EU to Switzerland didn't help as much
as we first thought, because of many bilateral agreements between
Switzerland and the EU.

So, "all good things must come to an end". CloneCD has been the leader
of the pack for many years. Without CloneCD things would be diffrerent
today, I am sure. And all CloneCD updates always have been free in the
past.

To Kamikazee: Don't blame me. Blame the politicians. Stop whining, get
political active.

BTW, I know of a company called "SlySoft" in Antigua. They would be
very happy to market all kinds of "copy software". We are already
negotiating, they show big interest in
CloneCD...