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Re:French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol by Fuxy on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @05:22AM (#6597727)
Hmm... it seems European law seems to fair a lot better then American law when it comes to attempted abuse by big companies.

I don't know if it's just because the judges are more sane but well done. I think I respect the french slightly more now :)

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Re:French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol by illumen on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @05:24AM (#6597734)
The EU company sold skype to an american company. Now they don't care to protect it.
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Re:French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol by rayiner on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @07:04AM (#6598016)
Reverse engineering is quite legal in the U.S. too.
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Re:French Court Allows Reverse Engineering of Skype Protocol by josteink on Thursday October 24, 2013 @04:02AM (#6603905)
It might also be because of less lobbying efforts targeting the EU.

The EU has had a few incidents where targeted lobbying efforts from the entertainment-industry almost has gone through unnoticed and uncontested.

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