> > Also not legal. This is pirated software...an appropriate topic for > today, matey! Arrrr! > >> I'd >> be interested in hearing what group listers have to say. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >
> I'm not up on the legalities of this issue but Wikipedia has this > to say: Buying the original software. Licenses say that the buyer > does not buy the software but instead pays for the right to use the > software. In the US, the first-sale doctrine, Softman v. Adobe [3] > and Novell, Inc. v. CPU Distrib., Inc. ruled that software sales > are purchases, not licenses, and resale, including unbundling, is > lawful regardless of a contractual prohibition. The reasoning in > Softman v. Adobe suggests that resale of student licensed versions, > provided they are accurately described as such, is also not > infringing. > Bulletin Board Sharing/Internet Piracy- Albacea et al (2005) states > that this infringement occurs when System Operators share (by > electronic transfer) copyrighted materials on bulletin boards or > the internet for users to download. > Your interpretation, Bruce, please. > > John Callahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went.ยจ --Will Rogers extreme positive = (ybya2) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
